Canadian penny bites the dust. Is the nickel next?
An obsolete coin for your thoughts: Google.ca paid tribute to the Canadian penny, which was first struck in 1858.
(Credit: Google)
We Canadians love innovating our money. We’re printing plastic banknotes and chucking out useless coins.
Last March I said I wouldn’t mourn the passing of the Canadian penny.
And yet today, as the Royal Canadian Mint officially stopped distributing the cent to banks, I have mixed feelings. I saw the Google.ca animated doodle honoring the coin and felt a tad nostalgic.
So I fished out a few pennies from my pockets and considered the brazen image of Queen Elizabeth and the maple leaf.
There’s something a little Dickensian in these worn coppers. The oldest on my desk is from 1977. The surface is dull and the queen looks a lot younger.
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