The Royal Canadian Mint has created a flashy, egg-shaped, glow-in-the-dark coin to commemorate one of Canada’s most famous UFO sightings. One side shows Queen Elizabeth II, as all Canada coins do, but the other side depicts Stefan Michalak lying on the ground as a flying saucer hovers above Falcon Lake in Manitoba, Canada.
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Vatican Medals Recalled – Misspelled “Jesus”
Published October 16, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Catholic church, coinage, education, Holy See, Jesus, Lesus, medallion, Medals, Mistake, oops, recall, Rome, spell check, Vatican
Apparently the Vatican wasn’t using spell check. The Holy See has recalled thousands of commemorative papal medals after the word “Jesus” was misspelled as “Lesus.” According to the Vatican Information Service, more than 6,000 of the medals were produced by the Italian State Mint to commemorate the beginning of Francis’ papacy.
Tiny Oil Paintings on Pennies [pics]
Published September 18, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Artist, coinage, Jacqueline Lou Skaggs, miniature, oil paining, penny, pic, picture