Canadian Poppy Coin

In an AP article it said the US defense department examined 35,000 Canadian poppy quarters because it thought they might be tracking devices . Any thoughts? This was in 2004, Americans, esp GOP I'm dying to hear your response to this.

lol that was so funny.I remember the first news about it - they were all sure it was a spy coin but the latest news were that they NEVER consider it to be one...funny from the beginning to the end

2007-05-08 19:38:40 by Lizzy-tish

The surprise explanation behind the US government#39;s sensational but false warnings about mysterious Canadian spy coins is the harmless poppy ...

I don't live in Canada. I just happened to find a Canadian quarter on the ground. I saw the red and black poppy flower and didn't initially know what it was. I thought it was something someone had drawn, so I took a cotton swab and rubbing alcohol and tried to rub it off. I then did some research and realized that the design was not something someone had drawn, but in fact part of the coin. It's still there, but it's faded due to my scrubbing. Does this mean it will still be accepted as money or did I completely deface it along with its value?

Nope.. its still worth 25 cents.. some of them have their color scratched off anyways...
we also have quarters with a pink ribbon on them for breast cancer.. and new Olympic quarters that have a red maple leaf in the background.. they're pretty sweet, I love our money! haha :)

2010-03-04 13:50:24 by Mighty

When a simple coin, is regarded as an object of suspicion, THAT is when the terrorists have won.
America, you are now paranoid beyond reason.
Here is the story in case you missed it;
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_o n_go_ot/spy_coins

It's making headlines here too but usually under the heading of "moronic americans think our poppy coin is some kind of spy technology. LOL aren't you glad you're a Canadian?"
That's the kind of thing we're talking about here in regards to this story.
And the saddest part is the americans don't even recognize the poppy as our symbol of rememberance for our fallen soldiers. I guess the only way americans remember thier fallen soldiers is by raising the price of gasoline...
Wren,
yeah a dumb marine grunt would of course have all the information at his fingertips huh? Heck most of them have trouble reading a comic book!
*rolls eyes*

Oh that's pretty! I hadn't heard the story. Thanks for sharing.

And you're right about the fallen soldiers. But some of us are ashamed of what we're doing. The only thing we can do is try to do better next election. Bush thinks he's god. Sad.

2007-05-07 08:52:51 by Yoda Green

I have the $1 dollar americain.
I have the poppy quarter and the nunavit quater.
Are they worth more than there face value?
Any other rare coins?

hold on to them.

2007-06-09 18:51:54 by Massie B

Mon May 7, 4:49 PM



By Ted Bridis




WASHINGTON (AP) - An odd-looking Canadian quarter with a bright red flower was the culprit behind a false espionage warning from the U.S. Defense Department about mysterious coins with radio frequency transmitters, The Associated Press has learned.


The harmless "poppy quarter" was so unfamiliar to suspicious U.S. army contractors travelling in Canada that they filed confidential espionage accounts about them. The worried contractors described the coins as "filled with something man-made that looked like nano-technology," according to once-classified U.S. government reports and e-mails obtained by the AP.


The silver-coloured 25-cent piece features the red image of a poppy, Canada's flower of remembrance, inlaid over a maple leaf. The unorthodox quarter is identical to the coins pictured and described as suspicious in the contractors' accounts.

Im Not falling for the Boogey man trick.

2007-05-07 17:06:29 by Trout