# New Canadian quarter - now with COLOR! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852 "2004-10-24T02:44:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/1 "2004-10-24T02:44:38Z")
Any other Canadian Dopers seen the new [poppy](http://www.mint.ca/poppy/home.asp) quarters yet? Available at Tim Hortons, of all places. I got one back in my change today and couldn’t stop playing with it. The first ever colored circulation coin, they say. But the color seems to be coming off on mine already, and these just came out this week! I could be mistaken, though - it’s hard to tell exactly how they colored it and maybe it’s supposed to look a bit uneven. Still, it’s pretty. I’m getting more coffee tomorrow, because I want another one. Yeah, I could probably just walk up with a couple of bucks and ask for change, but then I wouldn’t get my coffee, would I? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/2 "2004-10-24T02:45:51Z")
Purty. 😃 I wonder what the life expectancy of the color is… ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/3 "2004-10-24T02:49:55Z")
That’s way cool. I hope we get to the point of making coloring on coins permanent. That would be awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/4 "2004-10-24T02:55:28Z")
From the press release: > [@](#): > > The process ensures that the colour adheres to the metal and is resistant against wear from daily use or from exposure to common household products and detergents. With normal wear and tear, the colour should remain for one to three years, but can be removed with harsh chemicals or friction. A permanent poppy has been struck on the coin which will retain its full value, even if the red colour has been removed. So it’s like a semi-permanent thing, then. Too bad, it would have been fun to have all sorts of colorful coins. I think I’m going to buy the collector’s version and keep it tucked away. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/5 "2004-10-24T03:43:07Z")
The colour comes off if you scratch it with so much as a fingernail – at least, off the surface, as the little pits retain some colour that looks pale red if you look at it from a slightly different angle. Very cool, though. The first such circulation coin in the world. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/6 "2004-10-24T03:50:14Z")
And may I point out that the Canadian quarter does not have COLOR… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/7 "2004-10-24T03:52:09Z")
**matt\_mcl** : Where did you get the new coloured coins? Haven’t seen a single one yet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/8 "2004-10-24T03:58:57Z")
I like the basic admission that the fastest way to get new money into circulation in Canada is to use Tim Hortons. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/9 "2004-10-24T04:02:34Z")
They also had the new $20s when I went to get my quarter. **Kyth** : Just head down to Tim’s. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/10 "2004-10-24T04:07:22Z")
OK…what the heck is Tim Horton’s? Department store, restaurant chain, coke dealer? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/11 "2004-10-24T04:15:15Z")
Tim Horton’s is the only known doughnut-and-coffee joint eligible for a Department of Canadian Heritage grant. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/12 "2004-10-24T04:20:15Z")
And point of order, does not have an apostrophe in its [name](http://www.timhortons.com/) , even though it should. I wonder if that’s a bone thrown to French language laws. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/13 "2004-10-24T05:20:33Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > And point of order, does not have an apostrophe in its [name](http://www.timhortons.com/) , even though it should. I wonder if that’s a bone thrown to French language laws. No! Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time! (I love the fact I have a Tim Horton’s on campus. :D) ---
**Author:** ![Survivor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Survivor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survivor)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/14 "2004-10-24T05:55:35Z")
For those of us Canucks outside the country without access to a Tim Hortons, I guess our best hope is that the poppy quarters will be showing up any minute on eBay… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/15 "2004-10-24T06:04:36Z")
> [@Survivor](#): > > For those of us Canucks outside the country without access to a Tim Hortons, I guess our best hope is that the poppy quarters will be showing up any minute on eBay… 🙂 I am writing to my family and telling them to send me my tins of various Tim’s coffees, a poppy quarter or two, a family pack of Timbits and a bunch of maple pecan danishes. ~sigh~ alright. Not the Timbits or danishes. If only we could get overnight delivery from NB Canada to Seattle WA… “Come on, folks, let’s get those Timbits out there! There’s a hungry Canadian in the Cascades! Go Go _GO_!” ~deep sigh~ Tins of coffee are okay… but… but… but… I want to rrrrrrrrroll up the rrrrrrrrrim to win! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/16 "2004-10-24T06:34:28Z")
Apparently border crossing guards are getting _really_ tired of that joke. Serious. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/17 "2004-10-24T06:37:24Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Apparently border crossing guards are getting _really_ tired of that joke. Serious. Did I just get whoooshed? What joke? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/18 "2004-10-24T06:39:04Z")
Sorry. Where people, imitating the TV commercial, go up to the border and try to prove they’re Canadian by correctly pronouncing _rrrrrrrrrrrroll up the rrrrrrrrrrim_. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/19 "2004-10-24T06:39:56Z")
I went to Timmy’s after work on Friday and they had none… given them all out that morning. Unless I get lucky on the weekend, it looks like I"ll have to wait till Monday… ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/20 "2004-10-24T06:53:17Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Sorry. Where people, imitating the TV commercial, go up to the border and try to prove they’re Canadian by correctly pronouncing _rrrrrrrrrrrroll up the rrrrrrrrrrim_. LOL oh gosh… I’d never do that at any border! Writing it… it’s the first time I’ve even thought of it for about a year. It made me a little nostalgic. I’ve never even tried saying it to my husband. I should, though, once, just to see his reaction… nah. It’s not funny when there’s no way for him to really “get” it. What could I get out of it? A weak laugh from him, and a faint “oh, haha, I get it now” as he turns away with one eyebrow raised and thinking he married a loon. (start of pun not intended). I’ll certainly bet they’re tired of it, though… I’ve never understood why people think imitating a commercial is very funny, especially for people who are busy working and they must hear it a hundred times a day. Ugh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852.md?page=2)