I have to say I am completely baffled at the American governments decision to introduce a new dollar coin without phasing out the dollar bill. How is it ever going to catch on? Wasn’t this the problem with the Susan B. Anthony dollar?
Incidentally, moronmountain, how do you know that the Sacagawea dollar is gay? Did you see one eyeing the other Sacagawea dollars? Were they rubbing together too vigerously in your pocket? I certainly think it is unfair to assume that they are all homosexual based on the actions of a select few.
[sub]Somebody tell me the Harry Potter thing is a joke[/sub]
There’s a Canadian version of Sesame Street?!?! For how long? Fergive tha’ ignerance of this “Murrykin”, but apart from singing “Zed” for “Zee”, how else was it different?
I always thought Seasame Street was illegal in Canada. Seriously. I think it was my HS history teacher, junior year. Some law about what sort of educational programs were allowed to target children.
Last I had heard, the $5 coin was suggested, but not acted upon. Does anyone know anything about this? (Comment: Noooooooo! What shape will it be? A triangle? A square?)
I prefer paper currency, because the coins (although they do save money) weigh down your pocket. I think, if Canadians had been given a choice they would have kept paper, but that’s just a guess.
In regards to the OP, I think that the Royal Canadian Mint is doing special quarters to attract collectors. (I’m trying for a full set of the 1992 provincial quarters, which I liked, but the new ones…ehhh). Collectors, trying to get the full set, get coins and take them out of circulation once they make their collection. Then the RCM, meeting the regular consumer demand for quarters, prints more and makes more money. This is a WAG on my part, but I think the US Mint may be thinking of this with the US quarters for every state that they are currently making.
(hijack begins) Anyone else dislike the new, lighter, 2001 Canadian dimes and nickels? They don’t work in pay phones, copiers, etc…arrrgh!(hijack ends)
(continuation of hijack) AArrrggg!! i can’t stand the damn things… they just feel wrong, like they’re made of plastic or something.
Side note: i’ve gotten the dimes to work in payphones by jamming them in really fast. works on some phones, but not all. Just a real piss off…
The other major difference is that while American Sesame Street teaches basic Spanish, Canadian Sesame Street teaches French. We also have a few additional characters - a polar bear, and I think a beaver… Can’t recall any of their names at the moment, but I seem to recall that the names were French-ish. My daughter is now 13, so it’s been a while since I’ve watched it.
And whoever decided that the new dimes should be lighter, well, oooo, argh! I’m too non-violent to suggest proper punishment.
There used to be a Canadian version of Sesame Street, with the same characters as the American one, except that it taught French instead of Spanish, Canadian culture, “zed,” etc. They cancelled it a few years back and brought in Sesame Park, with the characters KimKatt mentioned.
We used to curse Canadian change when I lived in Maine… if you got stuck with a Canadian quarter, you were screwed unless you could pass it off to some other dope! (the value being substantially less than the US version…) Every time you got change you’d have to scrutinize every coin! Argh!
OTOH, a Korean 100 won coin (worth somewhat less than 10 US cents) will work perfectly well in US quarter coin-op machines!
I love Canadian money especially when my pockets are full of it.
A couple of things here…
Hockey is a religion followed by a number of Canadians, devotees are primarily male although females are not excluded from participating as long as they know the rites.
Some men carry “purses” and I would refer to mine as a “carry all”. There’s a pocket for change too. It seems to be becoming a popular trend and I’ve carried mine for better than a dozen years now. Couldn’t live without it… well… I could but then I’d have nowhwere to carry all my stuff.
American money, although worth more and spendable it’s pretty friggin’ boring to look at and isn’t colour coded for ease of use.
If the U.S. government wants people to use dollar coins they will have to discontinue making bills as the Canadian government did. Once you get used to them they’re not bad and here’s a trick so that your pockets don’t get weighed down… when you get five of them you can trade them in for a $5 bill. Most places won’t charge you for doing this exchange either.
Reminds me of the SNL “Change Bank” sketch.
And I like all the newly minted coins, they’re lovely.
Wait…you just said what I did alot earlier…except you didn’t call any coins “gay” and your moderator statud makes it seem important. You know what else is expensive? The NEEDLESS “colorized” Liberty Dollar coins…wow. Infusing coins with color like that CAN’T be cheap.
And they are slowly phasing out the dollor because many vending machines do not take the god-forsaken Sacagawea coins. By extending it to 2010, most vending machines will be replaced with ghastly gold dollar compatable ones. That way, we won’t have that same problem as you back-asswards Canadians with your new fangled lighter dimes and nickels. Who’s smarter now? Oh wait, it’s still the British because they did this the right way from the beginning.
They still DO have Washington on 'em. All of 'em. It’s a little different, but the image is the same, just the border is different. They just don’t have the eagle on the back.
