Canadian Quarter – Glow in the Dark
A new Canadian quarter will glow in the dark …
The image of a dinosaur whose remains were discovered in Alberta’s Peace Country will be featured on our newest quarter — the first Canadian coin with a glow-in-the dark picture.
The quarter, being released by the Royal Canadian Mint April 16, features Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai, a large herbivore whose bone fragments were discovered by Grande Prairie, Alta., science teacher Al Lakusta in 1974.
Read more from the Vancouver Sun.
What’s more genius – it costs $29.95 to buy one. I think we can even reduce or deficit this way. Who will be the first to throw this into a vending machine?
18 April 2012
3 Comments
My kids love dinosaurs AND anything glow-in-the-dark, so these could be future Birthday or Christmas presents.
$30 (or $29.75, really) for a glow-in-the-dark quarter? I’m no numismatist but that doesn’t seem like a great deal. When I lived in Michigan and the exchange rate was much different it was always a game to see if you could pawn off Canadian coin.
Cool… I like it… but don’t think I’ll spend that much on it.