vakkotaur

Living in one of the northern states of the U.S.A. I'm used to seeing Canadian coinage from time to time. The pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters are all similarly colored and shaped, though the weight is slightly different, that they get passed along in the mix. That is, until one tries to turn in a jar of change at a bank or use the coins in a vending machine. A couple weeks ago I even wound up with a Loonie, the Canadian dollar coin which is similar to the latest version of the U.S. dollar coin.

So today as I looked through a few quarters it wasn't too surprising to find a quarter that doesn't look like it belongs with the rest. The edge milling or reeding is too fine, and there is a picture of Queen Elizabeth the Second on the obverse. On the reverse is a picture of a sailing ship. Huh. That's odd. Well, Canada did have special Millennium Quarters a few years back. Thanks to timmowarner I have a set of them. This is not one of them.