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The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 35, August 30, 2015, Article 24

BANK OF CANADA URGES HALT TO 'SPOCKING'

In the cut-it-out-already department, the Bank of Canada is asking citizens to pretty please stop turning a Prime Minister's portrait into Mr. Spock. Thanks to Katie de Silva for passing this along via Facebook. -Editor

Bank of Canada Spock note

Bank of Canada is pleading with Star Trek fans to stop “Spocking” its five dollar bills. Since Leonard Nimoy’s death, Canadian folks have been “Spocking” the hell out of the five dollar bill that features a portrait of Canada’s seventh prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

Sir Wilfrid now sports, on certain bills at least, pointy ears, the signature Vulcan haircut and eyebrows and Spock’s mantra “Live long and prosper.”

According to Bank of Canada it’s not illegal to do this but:

“...However, there are important reasons why it should not be done. Writing on a bank note may interfere with the security features and reduces its lifespan. Markings on a note may also prevent it from being accepted in a transaction. Furthermore, the Bank of Canada feels that writing and markings on bank notes are inappropriate as they are a symbol of our country and a source of national pride.”

I say Spock the hell out of ‘em if it ain’t illegal. Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s face wasn’t that interesting, anyway. In fact, let’s just make this a permanent improvement to the Canadian five dollar bill.

To read the complete article, see:
BANK OF CANADA URGES ‘STAR TREK’ FANS TO STOP ‘SPOCKING’ THEIR FIVERS (http://dangerousminds.net/comments/bank_of_canada
_urges_star_trek_fans_to_stop_spocking_their_fivers)

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
CANADIANS HONOR LEONARD NIMOY WITH "SPOCK" NOTES (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n09a30.html)
CANADIANS ASKED TO QUIT "SPOCKING" BANKNOTES (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n10a29.html)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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