Comments on: Poppy quarter

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 10:01:47 +0000

I am appalled with the decision to involve Tim Horton’s in the distribution of the Poppy Coin. Governments have to stay away from favouring certain businesses over other businesses. If I owned a Country Style Donut franchise, I’d be extremely ticked off with this decision. All legitimate businesses in this country pay taxes and should all be dealt with equally. If they wanted them to get distributed fast, they should have sent them to the banks with instructions to include the rolls of quarters in the ‘coin orders’ that all small businesses get from the banks to use in their tills. I guarantee the coins would be on the streets in a week in an unbiased fashion. Whoever made this decision must have been drinking too much coffee!

By: Hamster

Hamster — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:55:13 +0000

And I always thought it was spelled twonie.

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:30:14 +0000

Just found the link to the mint’s catalog, and I’m ordering a few. I’d like to see the US do something similar to this.

By: cricket

cricket — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:24:18 +0000

On a mission, I decided to find out why it was so hard to get one of the new quarters. I went through the drive-through last night and was refused one. So I approached the manager today, armed with the new information you posted and we had a great discussion. They had run out of quarters and yes, some of their younger staff did not fully understand the significance of what this coin represents. He explained his position, I listened politely and we parted amicably. Tim Horton’s is a good corporate citizen. They just dropped the ball this time.

I moved on to the next Tim Horton’s (less than a mile away) and started again. I was told by a chirpy young lady I had to buy coffee or something. I smiled sweetly and set her straight. This time I walked out with two quarters.

I will be in Washington DC this week. It is my plan to give some of these quarters to the marine veterans who will be monitoring the marine marathon. While Canada sacrificed 117,000 men in WW1 (a large number for a small country), it is irrelevant - war is the same for any soldier.

I think Tim Horton’s will be changing their position about the quarter distribution soon. This has outraged more than a few older people. Some of the young ones are on board too.

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:23:54 +0000

How would one go about getting some of these in the States — especially when I’m not close to the border? Is there someone I can write to?

I’m trying to build a “North American Commemorative Coin” collection — the 50 state quarters, the Lewis and Clark nickles, and I’d love to get some of the Canadian commemoratives, too.

By: Sherm

Sherm — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:24:52 +0000

Sadly our young people are not getting the message of the sacrifices made during both World Wars. Canada sacrifices a large number of young men for such a small country.

Shame on Tim Horton’s for not honouring the spirit in which the Royal Canadian Mint intended the coin to be distributed. I had the opportunity to explain to one teenager why the coin was red in the center, they didn’t have a clue.

I think Tim Hortons has fallen short of the honour given to them to distribute this coin and even worse, failed to honour our veterns by not making it clear why they had the coin in the first place.