CTV News:
It was just around lunchtime, so the story goes, when Stefan Michalak saw several unusual silver objects cross the sky in Manitoba’s Whiteshell Provincial Park.
It was May 20, 1967, and Michalak, an avid rock collector, was searching for new specimens near the shores of Falcon Lake.
What unfolded that day would go down in Canadian history as one of the country’s best-documented UFO encounters – one that’s now commemorated in a limited-edition coin from the Royal Canadian Mint.
I find this to a very odd thing for our Royal Canadian Mint to do. Thanks to John Kordyback for the link.
Our current government south of the border with the Great White North, is still Looney Tunes in comparison.
Late April fools?
Can anyone give some insight into why the coin is shaped like a guitar pick?
For collector coins the RCM often uses different shapes. They’ve used the egg shape used before for, well, coins commemorating decorative eggs (Easter, Ukrainian commemorative coins, etc).
http://www.mint.ca/store/buy/unique-shape_coins-cat210004
Odd sure, but awesome. And it’s also handy as a pick too!
How odd.
I’m told it is the shape of an alien gray’s head…..ok….I can kinda see that