(((What kind of country puts opium-friendly POPPIES on its currency? What is this, Afghanistan? And America – what's with YOUR freaky quarters for every last state in the Union? They look weird and might be spy-friendly.)))
Link: TheStar.com - News - U.S. feared poppy quarter .
May 07, 2007 08:56 AM TED BRIDIS
WASHINGTON – An odd-looking Canadian coin with a bright red flower was the culprit behind the U.S. Defence Department's false espionage warning earlier this year, the Associated Press has learned. The odd-looking – but harmless – "poppy coin" was so unfamiliar to suspicious U.S. Army contractors travelling in Canada that they filed confidential espionage accounts about them....
