Canada Gets Glow-in-the-Dark Dinosaur Coins
Luminescent ceratopsid bones are now legal tender in Canada.
Canadian currency has a well-deserved reputation for sexiness, especially when compared to the dull, drab green of our North American bunkmates, but now the good people at the cryptozoological quarters [http://www.mint.ca] the Mint rolled out last year? That's nothing. Now we've got dinosaurs - and they glow in the dark.
That's right, kids, when you look at one of these babies in normal light, it looks just like a normal dinosaur - a Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachyrhinosaurus], to be specific, bones of which were discovered in Alberta in 1946 - but turn off the lights and BAM! Glow-in-the-dark dinosaur skeleton! Even cooler, the mint says that unlike those cheap glow-in-the-dark novelties you find in cereal boxes, the luminescence of these coins won't fade over time.
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The Pachywhatchahoozit coin is the first of a planned series of four, all approved by the Jewish lizardwoman [http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/] when the lights go down.
Don't you wish your country had glow-in-the-dark dinosaur money? Alas, these coins won't be released into general circulation. Only 25,000 are being minted [http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/dinosaur-25cent-coloured-glowinthedark-coin-2012-prod1290004] and while their face value is just 25 cents, collectors will have to fork over $29.95 to put one of them in their piggy banks.
Watch this week's Feed Dump to hear more about the glow in the dark dinosaur coins from Canada. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/feed-dump/5599-Nightflight-to-Venus]
Source: Cnet [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57412545-1/canadas-newest-coin-glows-in-the-dark/]
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Luminescent ceratopsid bones are now legal tender in Canada.
Canadian currency has a well-deserved reputation for sexiness, especially when compared to the dull, drab green of our North American bunkmates, but now the good people at the cryptozoological quarters [http://www.mint.ca] the Mint rolled out last year? That's nothing. Now we've got dinosaurs - and they glow in the dark.
That's right, kids, when you look at one of these babies in normal light, it looks just like a normal dinosaur - a Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachyrhinosaurus], to be specific, bones of which were discovered in Alberta in 1946 - but turn off the lights and BAM! Glow-in-the-dark dinosaur skeleton! Even cooler, the mint says that unlike those cheap glow-in-the-dark novelties you find in cereal boxes, the luminescence of these coins won't fade over time.
[gallery=699]
The Pachywhatchahoozit coin is the first of a planned series of four, all approved by the Jewish lizardwoman [http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/] when the lights go down.
Don't you wish your country had glow-in-the-dark dinosaur money? Alas, these coins won't be released into general circulation. Only 25,000 are being minted [http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/dinosaur-25cent-coloured-glowinthedark-coin-2012-prod1290004] and while their face value is just 25 cents, collectors will have to fork over $29.95 to put one of them in their piggy banks.
Watch this week's Feed Dump to hear more about the glow in the dark dinosaur coins from Canada. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/feed-dump/5599-Nightflight-to-Venus]
Source: Cnet [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57412545-1/canadas-newest-coin-glows-in-the-dark/]
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