# I got a US coin in my change. Except it wasn’t **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420 "2025-08-23T21:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/21 "2025-08-24T23:58:38Z")
Let us not forget the Buddhist monk who asked the hot dog vendor to “Make me one with everything.” The vendor complied and the monk handed over a twenty. The vendor put the bill in the till. When the monk asked for his change, the vendor replied “change comes from within.” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/22 "2025-08-25T00:28:46Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@Cazzle](#): > > > > It has [Bluey](https://pockettreasures.com.au/products/untitled-sep13_14-57?srsltid=AfmBOoplO558R7hLhPk3rNLq4gkoE3VrB9DA3VbYpXgoUge1CgTnD4t9) on the front. > > That seems real, but it can’t be. Can it? I honestly thought it was a joke, but apparently Bluey is a cartoon character from a nationally famous Australian cartoon show, and the coin does have Chuck on the back, along with “Australia” and the year of issue. Those crazy Aussies apparently don’t take themselves very seriously! Although the 2024 Canadian quarter featuring Chuck is only slightly more serious, with a moose on the front: [![](https://www.numicanada.com/medias/pieces-de-monnaie/valeur/25-cents-2024-canada-coin-twenty-five-cent-canadian-coins-quarter.jpg) ](https://www.numicanada.com/medias/pieces-de-monnaie/valeur/25-cents-2024-canada-coin-twenty-five-cent-canadian-coins-quarter.jpg) The dollar is a fine thing, though, featuring a noble loon: [![](https://www.numiscollection.com/upload/image/canada-1-dollar---charles-iii---2024-p-image-189739-grande.jpg) ](https://www.numiscollection.com/upload/image/canada-1-dollar---charles-iii---2024-p-image-189739-grande.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/23 "2025-08-25T00:37:32Z")
They should lose tampon man and have the loon and moose, front and back. ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/24 "2025-08-25T01:09:11Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > with a moose on the front: Actually, it’s a caribou. Does the caribou have a name? The bison on the U.S. “buffalo nickel” was based on a captive bison named Black Diamond. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/25 "2025-08-25T01:19:05Z")
Yes, a caribou, thank you, but apparently a generic caribou. According to the Royal Canadian Mint, “the caribou design was created by Canadian artist Emanuel Hahn and was first used in 1937”. It’s been briefly replaced by other designs on a few special occasions, like Canada’s centennial in 1967. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/26 "2025-08-25T01:22:26Z")
When the Canadians come to their senses and have a Norwegian Wolfhound on their coinage get back to me. _Then_ we’ll have nobility and regality. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/27 "2025-08-25T01:32:46Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > I recently got my first Charlie coin in Australian currency. > > It has [Bluey](https://pockettreasures.com.au/products/untitled-sep13_14-57?srsltid=AfmBOoplO558R7hLhPk3rNLq4gkoE3VrB9DA3VbYpXgoUge1CgTnD4t9) on the front. My admiration for Australia only increases. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/28 "2025-08-25T01:49:49Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > When the Canadians come to their senses and have a Norwegian Wolfhound on their coinage get back to me. _Then_ we’ll have nobility and regality. I agree, but did you mean Norwegian Elkhound? Sadly, that’s the national dog of Norway and would never appear on Canadian coins or currency. But, while Canada has no official national dog, five breeds are recognized by the Canadian Kennel Club as distinctively Canadian: the Tahltan bear dog, the Canadian Inuit dog, the Nova Scotia duck-tolling retriever, the Newfoundland dog, and the Labrador retriever. Due to the Royal Canadian Mint apparently being cat lovers, none of these noble canines have ever appeared on Canadian coinage, although two – the Tahltan bear dog (which sadly went extinct around 1970-1980) and the Nova Scotia duck-tolling retriever, have appeared on stamps. [![](https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/media/media/b6e317e8-9179-472b-ac16-c58b34fef1d9.jpg) ](https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/media/media/b6e317e8-9179-472b-ac16-c58b34fef1d9.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/29 "2025-08-25T01:56:16Z")
Based on Charles’ support for homeopathy, a special 1/100,000,000,000 cent coin should be issued bearing his image. it’d be for really big-ticket items like yachts and country estates. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/30 "2025-08-25T02:18:41Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > They should lose tampon man and have the loon and moose, front and back. How about moose and squirrel, to go along with Australia’s Bluey coins? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/31 "2025-08-25T02:22:07Z")
Frostbite Falls is in Minnesota. We’d have to have Dudley Do-Right and Nell. Or perhaps Snidely Whiplash. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/32 "2025-08-25T02:33:57Z")
Moose and squirrel on one side, Dudley Do-Right on the other. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/33 "2025-08-25T02:57:22Z")
Given Australian’s penchant for slang based on shortening words (mozzie, brekky, sunnies) the Bluey is perfect. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/34 "2025-08-25T06:02:46Z")
Bluey is BIG business, it would seem, in the US as well: > **[BBC targets adults in the latest adventure for its top dog Bluey](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/21/bbc-targets-adults-in-the-latest-adventure-for-its-top-dog-bluey)** > > Corporation aims to build ‘lifestyle brand’ for all ages around smash-hit cartoon character ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/35 "2025-08-25T07:41:46Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Due to the Royal Canadian Mint apparently being cat lovers … They are? The only cat I can recall being on Canadian coins was on one of the centennial coins in 1967. It was a mountain lion. I’ve found a few Charles coins in my pocket change. Sadly, no cartoon dogs on them, just the usual designs. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/36 "2025-08-25T08:45:54Z")
> [@Ynnad](#): > > Does the caribou have a name? Of course, _[Rangifer tarandus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer)_. Also called reindeer. ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/37 "2025-08-25T11:33:16Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > The only cat I can recall being on Canadian coins was on one of the centennial coins in 1967. I once gave my wife a ten dollar Canadian coin with a _Smilodon_ on it but it was never issued for general circulation. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/38 "2025-08-25T11:39:24Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > They are? The only cat I can recall being on Canadian coins was on one of the centennial coins in 1967. It was a mountain lion. A lynx. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/39 "2025-08-25T11:45:49Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I was putting my coins away and saw one that I didn’t recognise. It had a guy’s head on it, so I thought it was an American coin, but it didn’t look right. Be happy you didn’t try to put it in a washer or a dryer. LOL My SiL travels extensively, and I have a collection of coins that she’s give to me from numerous different countries. Unfortunately, one slipped into the pile of quarters I had and jammed one of the washers. 😳 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/40 "2025-08-25T19:19:41Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > Due to the Royal Canadian Mint apparently being cat lovers … > > They are? The only cat I can recall being on Canadian coins was on one of the centennial coins in 1967. It was a mountain lion. I was just being silly. The implication being that anyone who isn’t a devoted dog lover must be a cat lover! 🐶 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420.md?page=3)