Happy Thought for 6 September 2024
Have a Happy Thought:
People can be funny about money, especially
in Canada.
For one, the common name for the
$1 coin is a “looney”, named
so because of the image of a Common Loon (bird) on that coin:
Image: the reverse side of a Canadian dollar coin minted in 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loonie#/media/File:Canadian_Dollar_-_reverse.png
For two, or rather for the $5
bills, “Spocking” bills used to be a thing in Canada. The image of Sir Wilfrid
Laurier (the 7th Prime Minister of Canada, for those of you, like
me, who need brushing up on your Canadian political history) lends itself
nicely to this use. It’s a bit less common now with polymer (plastic-based) notes,
although some people still find a way.
Image: three instances of Sir Wilfrid
Laurier on the Canadian $5 note, edited by pen to appear like Leonard Nemoy’s Spock
from the Original Star Trek. Source: https://mastodon.social/@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social/112797697246289965
It got so common, especially
right after Nemoy’s death, that the Bank of Canada actually had to ask
Canadians to stop doing this!
Luckily for Canucks, it is not
illegal to deface currency, so the trend can continue, finding new references
as the generations change:
A
quick PSA, for most of my readers:
- It is illegal in
New Zealand to deface legal tender (banknotes): https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/money-and-cash/money-and-cash-resources/restrictions-on-reproducing-currency-under-the-act
section 28
- It is illegal in
the United States of America to deface legal tender (banknotes): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title18/html/USCODE-2023-title18-partI-chap17-sec333.htm
- TIL (Today I
Learned) that the legally official name of “money” in the USA is actually
“national bank obligations”. In New Zealand it is just “currency”.
- It is illegal in
Canada to deface coins: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-52/page-1.html
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