Poppy Quarter — EVERYBODY PANIC
Monday, May 7th, 2007
Earlier this year, The US Defense department issued a warning that Canadian coins might have miniature spy devices on them. It turned out to be spectacularly untrue. The Poppy coins were designed as a remembrance of Canadian war dead, and is the world’s first colored circulation coin. It has a protective coating on the red color to keep it from rubbing off.
But this didn’t stop American military contractors from putting it under the microscope:
“It did not appear to be electronic (analog) in nature or have a power source,” wrote one U.S. contractor, who discovered the coin in the cup holder of a rental car. “Under high power microscope, it appeared to be complex consisting of several layers of clear, but different material, with a wire like mesh suspended on top.”
You can’t make this stuff up. Via Metafilter.
Earlier this year, The US Defense department issued a warning that Canadian coins might have miniature spy devices on them. It turned out to be spectacularly untrue. The Poppy coins were designed as a remembrance of Canadian war dead, and is the world’s first colored circulation coin. It has a protective coating on the red color to keep it from rubbing off.
But this didn’t stop American military contractors from putting it under the microscope:
“It did not appear to be electronic (analog) in nature or have a power source,” wrote one U.S. contractor, who discovered the coin in the cup holder of a rental car. “Under high power microscope, it appeared to be complex consisting of several layers of clear, but different material, with a wire like mesh suspended on top.”
You can’t make this stuff up. Via Metafilter.
