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The RCM mints currency for many countries and sells the purest metal coins you can buy, the RCM are nothing but innovative.

Switching to polymer notes, too. Someone needs to investigate these happenings!

Our plastic monopoly money is the bees knees.

But in all seriousness, if MintChip is for real and doesn't get hacked, and if I can finally say good bye to the penny (which I have already been getting rid of for over 2 years) then I'll have to admit that the Mint is probably more innovative than any other government entity up here. :)

Except the notes are designed by the Bank of Canada not the Royal Mint.

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/bank-note-series/polyme...

I was under the impression that the only thing they ever done is stamp new 25¢ pieces with different people / animal / commemorative events on them every year.

usually one of beaver, Queen, moose, or Avro Arrow

You're forgetting hockey. There is always a new hockey coin. Always.

No love for the Canadarm :)?