They will make a coin about anything these days

[cathrowan]

I just learned about this from a CBC article:

1 oz. Pure Silver Glow-in-the-Dark Coin – Canada’s Unexplained Phenomena: The Langenburg Event

A 50-year-old story of UFOs at a farm near Langenburg, Sask. — a town 220 kilometres east of Regina — is being celebrated by Canada Post and the Canadian Royal Mint with a new coin. The story of the UFOs and the five crop circles from 1974 have prompted Canada Post and the Royal Canadian Mint to issue a coin that commemorates the event. "The Langenburg Event" coin is the seventh in the Canada's Unexplained Phenomena series.

The coin is one ounce of pure silver, glows in the dark, and can be purchased online for C$140.

www.mint.ca/en/shop/coins/2024/pure-silver-glow-in-the-dark-coin-canadas-unexplained-phenomena-the-langenburg-event



(edited to fix the link)

Comments

[cornerofmadness]

I looked at that 50 year old story and was thinking the 1940s instead of the 70s. This is how I know I'm gettin gold. That said, I'm always up for a UFO story

[smokingboot]

Love a good UFO story! And that coin is kinda cool!

[flexagon]

How can it be "pure silver" and also glow in the dark? It must at least be coated with something.

[cathrowan]

Looking at the mint's website, they say
99.99% pure silver with colour and blacklight technology

https://www.mint.ca/en/shop/coins/2024/pure-silver-glow-in-the-dark-coin-canadas-unexplained-phenomena-the-langenburg-event

So yes, a coating.

[watervole]

They're probably making a mint from that - to coin a phrase..

[cathrowan]

snerk

[dewline]

The Mint has its entertainment value, doesn't it?

[cathrowan]

I guess you've got to make money to make money these days.