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As a Canadian I can't stand your attempt at humour (sarcasm++). The Canadian mint actually produces a lot of coinage for other countries, is one of the most ad
by mrtron 15y ago
As a Canadian I can't stand your attempt at humour (sarcasm++).
The Canadian mint actually produces a lot of coinage for other countries, is one of the most advanced in new techs, etc. They tend to sell out all of their collection coins, especially the large gold ones (including a 1kg coin).
The game of making it hard enough/expensive enough to have it not worthwhile is the goal of every currency. The new 100$ bill definitely succeeds.
- code_duck 15y agoThe humor attempt falls a bit flat especially given that Canadian currency has been hovering near parity with (or above) US currency for years.
- sliverstorm 15y agoIs that irony not part of the humor?
- code_duck 15y agoI don't really see how it would be, based on what you wrote, but okay.
- megablast 15y agoInterestingly the new polymer notes are made (or licensed) from Australia, who has had the notes since 1994, and make polymer notes for all the countries using plastic money (there are about 5 at the moment, including Vietnam and New Zealand). Of course Australians invented the plastic notes so they could go surfing with their wallets.