Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Bear On The Loose

The coin in the pic in the bus shelter is our $2 coin (aka toonie) and it is usually graced by a golden polar bear but as I walked along Queen's Park I spotted this escapee! The purpose of this is to advertise a competition to design special images for the 5 Canadian circulation coins for 2017 in order to mark the 150th anniversary of our country that year. 
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31 comments:

  1. VPApril 22, 2015 at 8:38 AM

    This is so funny and unexpected! Great catch!

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  2. Luis GomezApril 22, 2015 at 8:42 AM

    Love it! Agree with VP.

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  3. EG CameraGirlApril 22, 2015 at 9:22 AM

    I wonder what we'll call the five dollar coin. Somehow "Foonie" doesn't sound quite right. :)

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  4. AimeecakesApril 22, 2015 at 9:35 AM

    Ha! This is awesome! I wonder what kind of design will win out

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  5. SharonApril 22, 2015 at 10:26 AM

    A very clever advertising campaign. I'm glad this guy got loose at the bus stop. I'd hate to have him suddenly jump out of my pocket.

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  6. TexWisGirlApril 22, 2015 at 10:31 AM

    that's very cool!

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  7. UnknownApril 22, 2015 at 10:44 AM

    Almost like the Berlin Film Festival award! :-)

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  8. PerthDailyPhotoApril 22, 2015 at 10:47 AM

    What a very clever way to advertise the project Pat, very Toronto :)

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  9. William KendallApril 22, 2015 at 11:35 AM

    We're getting a five dollar coin? Or is it five different commemorative toonies?

    It's quite unusual to see that on top of a bus shelter.

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  10. HalcyonApril 22, 2015 at 11:52 AM

    He's cute! I'm sure he'd also feel at home in Berlin with our buddy bears. :)

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  11. RevrunnerApril 22, 2015 at 12:03 PM

    That ought to unleash a lot of creativity.

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  12. 21 WitsApril 22, 2015 at 12:43 PM

    A big bear hug for this cutie! Great photo.

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  13. LowellApril 22, 2015 at 2:10 PM

    That's so funny I can barely stand it! We have an ongoing battle here between people who want to mint a $1 coin and those who want to keep the paper dollar. Tried the $1 coin a few years back - didn't work too well, but that was probably because you couldn't tell it from a quarter!

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  14. TomApril 22, 2015 at 2:45 PM

    Clever! Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  15. MarleenApril 22, 2015 at 2:49 PM

    Neat!

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  16. Sallie (FullTime-Life)April 22, 2015 at 2:59 PM

    OK .. For just a second I thought California, because they have golden bears at the State lines. But of course they're not polar bears)). And that is the cutest bus shelter I've ever seen in my life.

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  17. Susan DemeterApril 22, 2015 at 3:13 PM

    Fun! And I know just the location :) The competition though I did not know about until reading your blog post and that's interesting, not sure how I feel about more coins.

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  18. hamiltonApril 22, 2015 at 4:31 PM

    that is great!

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  19. LesleyApril 22, 2015 at 5:13 PM

    I've heard about the competition. It would have to rhyme with loonie and toonie - or the bear will come after you!

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  20. StephanieApril 22, 2015 at 6:03 PM

    Wonderful!

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  21. JimApril 22, 2015 at 6:06 PM

    A great commemoration symbol.

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  22. Photo CacheApril 22, 2015 at 7:17 PM

    That is a good contest. I wonder what will the winning design look like.

    My SIGNS, SIGNS

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  23. AndyApril 22, 2015 at 8:13 PM

    This is really COOL!

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  24. MichelleApril 22, 2015 at 8:57 PM

    Pretty cool and I hope you will let us know what eventually wins!

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  25. CloudiaApril 22, 2015 at 10:05 PM

    Oh Canada! How wonderful you are!




    ALOHA from Honolulu,
    ComfortSpiral
    =^..^=

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  26. RandyApril 22, 2015 at 10:51 PM

    It's like a golden version of the California bear.

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  27. betty-NZApril 23, 2015 at 2:05 AM

    That would certainly get your attention! Fantastic catch.

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  28. Laura. MApril 23, 2015 at 7:17 AM

    I hope it does not fall :))))

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  29. AnonymousApril 23, 2015 at 6:53 PM

    Nice. It will be interesting to see
    what designs win the contest!

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  30. JackApril 23, 2015 at 10:39 PM

    You are an artist, RedPat. I want to see your entry into the competition.

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  31. LindaApril 23, 2015 at 11:31 PM

    What fun1 I like bears, as long as they aren't in my back yard!

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