{"id":5957,"date":"2004-06-23T13:34:31","date_gmt":"2004-06-23T20:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/06\/23\/the-majestic-moose.html"},"modified":"2004-06-23T13:34:31","modified_gmt":"2004-06-23T20:34:31","slug":"the_majestic_mo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/06\/23\/the_majestic_mo.html","title":{"rendered":"The Majestic Moose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"New Canadian quarter\" alt=\"quarter_canada.jpg\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/quarter_canada.jpg\" width=\"187\" height=\"179\" border=\"0\" class=\"left\" \/>Too cool.  A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnw.ca\/fr\/releases\/archive\/June2004\/22\/c7529.html\">new, limited-edition Canadian quarter<\/a> will feature artwork by an 11-year-old kid, Nick Wooster.  The coins will be handed out to new citizens on Canada Day this year, a tradition for the last three years.<\/p>\n<p>My only regrets here are that it&#8217;s only a limited edition coin.  I think everyone could do with a cheerful moose looking back up at them from a pocket-full of change.  Would that the US Mint were equally whimsical, some of the time.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2004\/06\/23\/canadas_new_quarter.html\">BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Too cool. A new, limited-edition Canadian quarter will feature artwork by an 11-year-old kid, Nick Wooster. 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