Canadian Coin Metal

Canadian 5-cent, 10-cent and 25-cent coins are magnetic and thus do not work in vending machines in the United States. Placing a Canadian coin in a U.S. vending machine is like trying to use a metal slug. Are there vending machines in Canada, and, if so, do Canadian coins work in them? If they do work, how are Canadian vending machines able to handle magnetic coins without getting jammed?

It depends on the type of coin mechanism. If you are referring to a mechanical coin mech - like the ones found on bulk candy machines then US and Canadian coins are interchangeable since they are the same size.

If you are dealing with large snack and soda machines, they use electronic coin validators which check the coins' size and weight.

2009-09-03 21:34:38 by flazatty

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I have a bunch of Canadian coins that are from the 1960s and such. I know they are made from real nickel. Some of them have the VERY old picture of the queen whilst some others have a cougar on the tails side of the coin. They are quarters, btw.
Could anyone tell me how much they are worth on today's metal prices?
That would be greatly appreciated
Thanks

they're probably worth whats written on the coin, .. the 60's weren't that long ago.

2009-03-02 21:17:42 by Laine

Price: $4.00

when i took the last tissue from my box of puffs, i noticed something metal in the bottom of the box. when i took it out, it was this coin marked "2000 canadian dollar". its pretty large also. what the heck is this?
nevermind no idea how it got in there but its my moms collector coin. too bad i thought it was some 1 time prize or something :(

about 82 US cents. It is a pretty lucky find. I'm not sure how it got in there...

2009-02-07 15:37:44 by jinnwarior

Price: $4.00

Should we treat them as such?

WASHINGTON - Money talks, but can it also follow your movements?

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In a U.S. government warning high on the creepiness scale, the Defense Department cautioned its American contractors over what it described as a new espionage threat: Canadian coins with tiny radio frequency transmitters hidden inside.

The government said the mysterious coins were found planted on U.S. contractors with classified security clearances on at least three separate occasions between October 2005 and January 2006 as the contractors traveled through Canada.

Intelligence and technology experts said such transmitters, if they exist, could be used to surreptitiously track the movements of people carrying the spy coins.

The U.S. report doesn't suggest who might be tracking American defense contractors or why. It also doesn't describe how the Pentagon discovered the ruse, how the transmitters might function or even which Canadian currency contained them.

Further details were secret, according to the U.S. Defense Security Service, which issued the warning to the Pentagon's classified contractors. The government insists the incidents happened, and the risk was genuine.

"What's in the report is true," said Martha Deutscher, a spokeswoman for the security service. "This is indeed a sanitized version, which leaves a lot of questions."

Top suspects, according to outside experts: China, Russia or even France — all said to actively run espionage operations inside Canada with enough sophistication to produce such technology.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service said it knew nothing about the coins.

"This issue has just come to our attention," CSIS spokeswoman Barbara Campion said. "At this point, we don't know of any basis for these claims." She said Canada's intelligence service works closely with its U.S. counterparts and will seek more information if necessary.

Experts were astonished about the disclosure and the novel tracking technique, but they rejected suggestions Canada's government might be spying on American contractors. The intelligence services of the two countries are extraordinarily close and routinely share sensitive secrets.

"It would seem unthinkable," said David Harris, former chief of strategic planning for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. "I wouldn't expect to see any offensive operation against the Americans."

Harris said likely candidates include foreign spies who targeted Americans abroad or businesses engaged in corporate espionage. "There are certainly a lot of mysterious aspects to this," Harris said.

Experts said such tiny transmitters would almost certainly have limited range to communicate with sensors no more than a few feet away, such as ones hidden inside a doorway. The metal in the coins also could interfere with any signals emitted.

"I'm not aware of any (transmitter) that would fit inside a coin and broadcast for kilometers," said Katherine Albrecht, an activist who believes such technology carries serious privacy risks. "Whoever did this obviously has access to some pretty advanced technology."

Experts said hiding tracking technology inside coins is fraught with risks because the spy's target might inadvertently give away the coin or spend it buying coffee or a newspaper. They agreed, however, that a coin with a hidden tracking device might not arouse suspicion if it were discovered in a pocket or briefcase.

"It wouldn't seem to be the best place to put something like that; you'd want to put it in something that wouldn't be left behind or spent," said Jeff Richelson, a researcher and author of books about the CIA and its gadgets. "It doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense."

Canada's largest coins include its $2 "Toonie," which is more than 1-inch across and thick enough to hide a tiny transmitter. The CIA has acknowledged its own spies have used hollow, U.S. silver-dollar coins to hide messages and film.

The government's 29-page report was filled with other espionage warnings. It described unrelated hacker attacks, eavesdropping with miniature pen recorders and the case of a female foreign spy who seduced her American boyfriend to steal his computer passwords.

In another case, a film processing company called the FBI after it developed pictures for a contractor that contained classified images of U.S. satellites and their blueprints. The photo was taken from an adjoining office window.

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heeheee Way To Go Canada!!!

For all you 'Mericans... FYI: we have a LOT of spies in your country. It is well known that Pamela Anderson is our top agent. While all the american men are looking at her breasts, she's gathering information.

Mike Myers is another secret agent, as is Howie Mandel (and he comes with his own entourage of beautiful women with suitcases!).

We are inflitrating your country with beautiful people and bad comedy. Your beloved Saturday Night Live? Canadian. The Arm on the Space Shuttle? Canadian. Basketball? Canadian. Most of the best musicians and actors in the states are actually.... yup, you guessed it, Canadian.

It's our big plan: silently and secretly infiltrated the USA with agents cloaked as celebreties, give them special coins with tracking devices to distribute into the general population. Once the Americans are sufficiently engaged in the Middle East, we'll make our surprise attack.

Before you know it, you will all be forced to say "Eh", drink "Double Doubles" and wear "Toques".

Haven't you noticed how we've managed to get our national sport into the weirdest places? C'mon.... hockey in Florida, Texas and Arizona? Those teams are all part of our big plan to slowly and silently Canadianize the States!

2007-01-11 07:38:32 by nestorian

In a sample of solid nickel metal, such as a Canadian dime, the atoms of nickel are 175 pm apart. If a dime is 18 mm in diametre, how many nickel atoms are there across the diametre of the coin?

Info to know: gallium atoms are 113 pm or one hundred and thirteen trillionths of a metre apart. (one picometre, pm, is 10 to the power of negative twelve in metres.)

Where are you getting stuck? You know the separation, and you know the total distance. You compute the total number of intervals with straightforward math. Am I missing something?

2007-04-17 18:54:00 by sara