I'm not entirely sure what is going on, eh? I think you are presupposing a level of knowledge of the Canadian market most American collectors don't have.
Everyone knows it's not the poppy quarter that has the microchip, it's in the shiny strip on our paper money!:whistle:
I just read the story. Too funny. I'm going to have to get some of those just for curiosity's sake. The Royal Canadian Mint seems to come up with some of the coolest ideas for commemorative coins.
Interesting... I brought this very topic up about similar concerns with current proposals to make ceramic nickels with chips embedded. But folks on Facebook called me silly... Hmm... seems the U.S. DOD shares my own sentiments...