GODLESS CANADIAN CANADA COINS WITHOUT REFERENCE TO GOD
TO MY KNOWLEDGE OF OVER 38 YEARS OF COIN COLLECTING, I KNOW OF 3 EXAMPLES OF 'GODLESS' CANADIAN COINAGE.
1) 1911,
2) 2001 AND
3) THE 2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPIC QUARTERS PRODUCED TO DATE (THIS SHOULD CONTINUE).
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HERE THEY ARE IN MORE DETAIL:
1) 1911 THIS INCLUDED ALL THE 1911 COINAGE (an uproar occured since it lacked reference to the King's ruling 'by the grace of God', and the latin abbreviation was added the following year 'DEI GRA');
2) THE 2001 'VOLUNTEER' 10 CENT; AND
3) THE VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC QUARTER COIN PROGRAM TO DATE DOES NOT HAVE 'D.G. REGINA' ON THE OBVERSE, THEREFORE CALLED 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS'.
(2010 OLYMPIC LOGO)
(2010 PARALYMPIC LOGO)
I BELIEVE THIS IS A SPACE ISSUE, RATHER THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THEY MOVED CANADA TO THE OBVERSE, AND INCLUDED THE 2010 LOGO; THUS LEAVING NO MORE ROOM. A NORMAL CANADIAN OBVERSE FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH THE 2ND, SHOWS: 'ELIZABETH II D. G. REGINA' WHICH MEANS 'Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen'.
*** OLYMPIC QUARTERS ISSUED GODLESS TO DATE (FOR THE 2010 VANCOUVER WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES): CURLING, ICE HOCKEY, PARALYMPIC WHEELCHAIR CURLING, BIATHLON, (DOWNHILL) ALPINE SKIING, SNOWBOARDING, FREESTYLE SKIING, CROSS COUNTRY SKIING, SPEED SKATING, BOBSLEIGH, TOP OLYMPIC MOMENT #1 MENS ICE HOCKEY, AND SOON TO BE RELEASED: #3 C. KLASSEN & ICE SLEDGE HOCKEY COINS.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING FOCUS ON NUMISMATICS ... FOR THOSE COIN COLLECTORS WHO COLLECT GODLESS COINS, THERE ARE EXAMPLES WORLDWIDE, EG USA, ETC.
IT SEEMS I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS NOTICED THIS, FROM ALL MY RESEARCH! (RESEARCH UP TO JAN 12, 2009). ... INTERESTING, WHEN THE USA PRESIDENTIAL DOLLARS MOVED 'IN GOD WE TRUST' TO THE EDGE (RIM), BUT WHEN THE EDGE DIDNT SHOW THE LETTERING, A FRENZIE GOES ON, AND ALL THE COIN AND MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS STATING 'GODDESS DOLLARS' .... ETC ...ETC. IN CANADA, MAYBE MOST CANADIANS DO NOT KNOW WE HAVE A GOD REFERENCE ON OUR COINS, OR THINK D.G. REGINA, HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH SASKATCHEWAN (FOR NON-CANADIANS, REGINA IS THE CAPITAL OF THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN) . IN ANY CASE, I FIND IT STRANGE THIS HAS NOT HAD COVERAGE! ... NO POSITIVE, NEGATIVE NOR INDIFFERENT ...NO COVERAGE AT ALL!
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