I find it fascinating that Canada’s mint would even recognize these incidents.
I find it fascinating that Canada’s mint would even recognize these incidents.
I wouldn’t read too much into it. Mints around the world mint all kinds of novelty coins. Sometimes film or TV tie-ins. Intaglio Mint has a cool series of cryptid coins (e.g. https://www.infinitycoins.com/Products/intaglio-mint--cryptozoology-bigfoot--bu-2oz-silver.aspx).
RCM themselves also have a ‘Santa’s sleigh’ coin: https://www.mint.ca/en/shop/coins/2023/1-oz-pure-silver-coin-magic-season
Santa is the OG UFO
At the very least, it helps ingrain the incidents as culturally recognized. It’s definitely cool to see them getting recognition.
I’m in this boat too. There’s a really cool one depicting the Falcon Lake Incident. At least they’re depicting real alleged sightings instead of like, E.T. or Alf or something.
This is pretty cool. I’m digging some of these. Great find, OP!
