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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Another Media Conquered!

The $5 Canadian William Shatner Coin!


From the Toque:
William Shatner was chosen to be represented on the coin because of his status as a hero to Canadians, and especially the science fiction community, which makes up approximately 80% of the Canadian population. [Really?]

Most Canadian coins are composed of standard base metals. However with Shatner on the face, they thought it more appropriate to go with a heavier metal, and ultimately chose a nickel-plated tritanium alloy. [Not gold?]

Shatner beamed with joy when told he had been selected to be on the face of the coin.

"I can't...tell you...how happy I am," he said in halting English. "No bones about it. I hope these coins...live long...and prosper...like my career."

5 comments:

murt said...

haha pretty funny! I wish this could really happen - especially b/c I'm Canadian.

I really like the last line of the article though:

" ... Believe me, this coin is as real as the hair on Shatner's head..."

Anonymous said...

WANT!

Heads - I win, Tails - I still win.

Captain Toy said...

I think this little piece of Trek Crap should fill all our stockings this year . . . Especially, mine!!!

Anonymous said...

Another Shatner Tattoo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigquestionmarks/4740885116/

Marz said...

I totally bought it for about 2 glorious seconds.

In those 2 seconds, I also decided to move to Canada.