# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/21 "2004-10-24T12:42:31Z")
> [@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_. Well, as I have only visited Canada once, and that was over fifteen years ago, I was wondering if you could indulge this ignorant Texan … is there a video clip or something that explains this? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/22 "2004-10-24T13:56:02Z")
Someone HAS to get me one of these-- because I’m stranded in the U.S. where no one wears poppies, and ‘Poppy’ was what we called my grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/23 "2004-10-24T14:05:08Z")
Email me your address, **Barbarian**. I will get one from one of my Canadian trainees next week and mail it to you. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/24 "2004-10-24T14:37:27Z")
Damnit, I went to Tim’s yesterday for a large double-double and a canadian maple, and all I got was three stinkin’ normal quarters. Damn them. ---
**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, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/25 "2004-10-24T14:58:03Z")
Found em online on ebay all right… For anywhere from $1.80 to $2.99 each plus overinflated postage! :eek: The Royal Canadian Mint is selling them for $14.99 for a mint uncirculated roll, plus $12.99 shipping! (And they’re out of stock?!) Methinks it’s time to call the relatives and beg that they send me one… On the mint site they also have a silver dollar with red maple leaves on it, so I guess they’ve done this before, just never put them into circulation… Damn, this patriotism is gonna get expensive… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/26 "2004-10-24T14:58:48Z")
I’m guessing that those of us in portions of the U.S. fortunate enough to have Tim Hortons are not going to find these coins there. No fair. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/27 "2004-10-24T15:08:38Z")
> [@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… 🙂 Mom’s getting me some. Like it’s a hardship to go to Tim’s. Get me your address, and I’ll mail you one once I’ve received them. (If she sends a few). ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/28 "2004-10-24T15:19:10Z")
I went to Tim’s yesterday, and they didn’t give me one. Damn. Maybe on Monday they’ll have more. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/29 "2004-10-24T15:50:11Z")
Here in Michigan, we get Canadian coins in our change all the time. If I get one, I’ll toss it into an envelope and mail it up to you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/30 "2004-10-24T16:56:50Z")
Thanks for sharing with us. I collect coins and hadn’t heard of this - I just went out and ordered two rolls. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/31 "2004-10-24T19:52:30Z")
As to the color wearing off…I was listening to Windsor radio the other day and they mentioned that there may be problems with a couple batches of the coins. They said the color on those batches may wear off fairly quickly, but other batches will be fine. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/32 "2004-10-24T19:55:57Z")
Color, bah. Call me back when they do a special quarter for each of the 10 provinces. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/33 "2004-10-24T19:58:42Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Color, bah. Call me back when they do a special quarter for each of the 10 provinces. How 'bout 1992? ---
**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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/34 "2004-10-24T20:02:26Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Color, bah. Call me back when they do a special quarter for each of the 10 provinces. Not just the provinces, but the two territories (at the time) as well. > **[Canadian Coins | Circulation, Collecting Coins & Coin Sets | The Royal...](https://www.mint.ca/en/collectors_corner/circulation/1992_quarters.htm)** ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/35 "2004-10-24T20:18:44Z")
SUH-WEET! And to think I thought the US’s 50 State quarters was an original idea… Off to E-Bay for me! ---
**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:** [October 25, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/36 "2004-10-25T15:57:08Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Well, as I have only visited Canada once, and that was over fifteen years ago, I was wondering if you could indulge this ignorant Texan … is there a video clip or something that explains this? [Wikipedia on Tim Hortons](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hortons) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/37 "2004-10-25T16:00:53Z")
Rrrrrrrrrrrroll up the rrrrrrrim to win! (Take that, French immersion!) I must’ve gotten one of the defective quarters (yes, from Tim Horton’s) yesterday; the colour was already faded and lightly scratched. Plus, the poppy looks like someone drew it on with a marker. It’s still cool though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/38 "2004-10-25T16:03:09Z")
I think this sounds cool. As it happened one very minor part of my dream last night had US nickels with some color on them. I was at a store and tried to get both versions of the Ohio nickel. One looked a lot like the poppy quarter, the other was light blue and white, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/39 "2004-10-25T18:28:05Z")
Interesting, but… (from the website linked in the OP) > [@](#): > > …The Mint has created one of the **most unique** coins in the world… Grrrr… ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852/40 "2004-10-25T18:31:18Z")
I’ll mail one to the first five people who email me for one. Hell, $0.25 and some postage? Piece o’ cake. Let me know who wants one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-quarter-now-with-color/270852.md?page=3)