Talk:Quarter (Canadian coin)

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I'm assuming that Canadians call their 25 cent piece a Quarter because of the proximity of the US, where the Quarter Dollar coin is commonly referred to as a quarter. Should this be mentioned in the article? The other possibility is that Canadians nicknamed their coin quarter because simply because it is valued at one quarter of a dollar despite that not being its official name and INDEPENDENT of any influence of the name of the US coin, but that seems unlikely. Jafafa Hots 05:45, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Was the canadain quarter silver? Was it copper/nickel? I would like more detail on the metal history

Both the Canadian and US dollar were based off the old Spanish silver dollar, so both were originally silver. For this same reason, Canadian and American 10¢ and 25¢ and the historical 50¢ and $1 coins were of practically identical size and weight, since they were supposed to contain the same proportion of a silver dollar. For more details on what the metal content of different Canadian coins were through history, see the history section of "Canadian coinage". --thirty-seven 07:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, at the end, the Americans call their 25c a Quarter because it is 1/4 of a dollar, is it not? Either we call it independent of the American nickname or we copied the American name it's still for the same reason. --Kvasir 05:20, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Can the Canadian 25c be used interchageably in American vending machines?

Yes. Joe Dick 00:49, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone know why on the new coins the Queen no longer wears a crown? If you look on the older ones she still has it. Joe Dick 00:49, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

The new effigy was updated in 2003 as with all other Canadian coins and other commonwealth realm coins (not necessary in 2003). The new effigy of the queen reflects her age. The last effigy (crowned) was used on coins throughout the commonwealth realm for about 10 years. --Kvasir 04:10, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The spy who came in for the moose

Why there is no word on the US DoD spycoin paranoia in the article? It was all over the media, everybody got a good laugh. It turns out the yankee were fooled by the unique pink 25 cent poppy coins, which they considered a nano-technology-coated (!) microwire tracking device. Moste funny: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39458 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.131.210.162 (talk) 11:25, 8 May 2007 (UTC).

• It's there, look closer. Rawr 14:29, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures of the quarters

I have images of the 2010 Olympic quarters that don't have images in the article yet. How do i put them in? Ferryhalim (talk) 23:33, 1 June 2008 (UTC)