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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 28945, member: 57463&quot;]Please cite your sources.&nbsp; My source was the public relations department of the Royal Canadian Mint.&nbsp; When I was the international editor of <i>Coin World</i> newspaper, there was a flap in Canada about the release of the $2 coins (&quot;twonies&quot;) which the Mint would not sell to banks in return for $1 coins (&quot;loonies&quot;).&nbsp; The RCM pointed to the law: coins are not legal tender.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have some other authority, a citation to a recent change in Canadian law, then please share it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same holds true for your claims about Yap stone coins.&nbsp; I agree with you on this, however, local law might be different.&nbsp; I believe that the standard citations claim that these stones are not &quot;money&quot; in the usual sense, but are only meant for &quot;ceremonial exchange&quot; which is not the same as trade for commerce.&nbsp; The distinctions might be moot points for numismatists.&nbsp; Again, though, I know that many of us here, looking to learn all we can, would appreciate an authorative citation, even to your own published works, if that be the case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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