Color Coins

In early 2007 the United States Defense Department issued an espionage warning about Canadian coins with suspicious "nano-technology" that contained radio frequency transmitters were being used to track U.S. defense contractors. The report turned out to be a major embarrassment to the government. The coin in question turned out to be a regular issue 2004 Canadian colored Poppy quarter. The Poppy quarter was the first colored coin issued for general circulation in the world. Apparently the person filing the report was not familiar with the coin, and the report was not properly investigated before the warning was released. (It makes me wonder about intelligence reports about terrorists.) The 25-cent coin commemorates the Veterans who served in the Canadian armed forces. Featured on the reverse is a red poppy. The Poppy is the symbol of remembrance, based on the Lieut. Col. John McCrae timeless World War I poem "In Flanders Fields" The Poppy is stamped in pressurized ink and has a fluorescent security coating. Queen Elizabeth is on the obverse It is an attractive and historic coin, but I really doubt that a spy would try to track someone from the United States with a Canadian coin that would most likely soon be spent.

Item CA-POPPY04 CANADA 25 CENTS 2004 COLORED POPPY, UNC. (KM510) $3.00

Palau is an independent nation made up of some 100 Islands in the Philippine Sea. It has a population of less than 13,000. They have passed through many hands. The Islands gained independence from the United States in 1994, who took them from Japan in World War II, who had taken them from Germany in 1914, who had purchased them from the Spanish in 1899.
In recent years it has issued a number of attractive multi-colored coins. The coins are copper-nickel unles otherwise indicated. One side of the coin usually features colorful tropical fish, while the other usually shows a topless mermaid in various poses. The series has become very popular with collectors. All coins are approximately 38mm in diameter.

IMAGE (click to enlarge)	Description and price of Palau color coin
	Item PW-00MARL PALAU $1 2000 MULTI-COLORED MARLIN / MERMAID DIVING KM58 PROOF $32.50
	Item PW-01JEL PALAU $1 2001 MULTI-COLORED JELLY FISH / MERMAID ON SHIP'S PROW KM52 PROOF $29.50
	Item PW-01MOOR PALAU $1 2001 MULTI-COLORED MOORISH IDOL FISH / MERMAID ON SHIP'S PROW KM62 PROOF $29.50
	Item PW-01GREEN PALAU $1 2001 GREEN FISH / PRONE MERMAID KM61 PROOF $29.50
	Item PW-02TANG PALAU $1 2002 MULTI-COLORED BLUE TANG FISH / MERMAID ON SHIP'S PROW KM63 PROOF $29.50
	Item PW-02WHALE PALAU $1 2002 MULTI-COLORED MOTHER & BABY WHALE / MERMAID ON SHIP'S PROW KM64 PROOF $32.50
	Item PW-02JEL PALAU $1 2002 MULTI-COLORED JELLY FISH / MERMAID WASHING HAIR KM65 PROOF $29.50
	Item PW-03CRAB PALAU $1 2003 ORANGE CRAB / MERMAID UNDER THE SUN KM66 PROOF $32.50
	Item PW-04DOLP PALAU $1 2004 BLUE NOSE DOLPHIN / MERMAID & 2 DOLPHINS KM72 PROOF $35.00
	Item PW-04PUFF PALAU $1 2004 PUFFER FISH / MERMAID IN CONCH SHELL KM123 PROOF $32.50
	Item PW-1D-12OCTOPUS PALAU $1 2012 BLUE RINGED OCTOPUS / 2 MERMAIDS WITH NEPTUNE, SILVER PLATED, PROOFLIKE $32.50 Mintage only 5000 pieces.

MULTI-COLOR COIN

FIJI CELEBRATES CARNIVAL IN RIO

TOKELAU SILVER COLOR COIN FEATURES KILLER WHALES

BEAUTIFUL DUGON COIN FROM SOLOMON ISLANDS

THE CANADIAN "SPY COIN"

NAUTILUS ON BEAUTIFUL MULTI-COLOR PALAU SILVER COIN

COLOR COINS FROM PALAU FEATURE MERMAIDS & FISH

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