Canada: Super, man!

Started by chrisild, September 11, 2013, 10:42:50 AM

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chrisild

I suffer, I suffer ... ;D  Did you know that "Superman" was created by Jerry Siegel, an American, and Joe Shuster, a Cana---well, American who was born in Toronto, Canada? So this year (75th anniversary of the first Superman comic books) the Royal Canadian Mint issues a bunch of "coins" dedicated to the hero.

Attached is the image (from the RCM site) of one piece. More are here:
http://www.mint.ca/store/buy/superman_coins-cat740001

Just found these images in a Süddeutsche article ...
http://polpix.sueddeutsche.com/polopoly_fs/1.1766793.1378801320!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/900x600/image.jpg
http://polpix.sueddeutsche.com/polopoly_fs/1.1766790.1378806151!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/900x600/image.jpg
http://polpix.sueddeutsche.com/polopoly_fs/1.1766792.1378801317!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/900x600/image.jpg
http://polpix.sueddeutsche.com/polopoly_fs/1.1766786.1378801306!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/900x600/image.jpg
http://polpix.sueddeutsche.com/polopoly_fs/1.1766787.1378801308!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/900x600/image.jpg

En(ahem)joy.

Christian

Figleaf

Full circle since the Indo-Scythians.. Adoration of problem-solving violence.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

paisepagal

Wow, first coin to bear  the crypton script....can we put it in one of a kind thread ?!  ;D

paisepagal

Turns out the Kryptonian script reads as (from left to Right)...."75 years of Superman" and then "Superman 75 ans déjà"

Odd, I'd imagine it would have said "75 ans de Superman" or something like that.... "déjà" just seems weird

PS...don't judge me, just happen to have a lot of time on my hands today  ;D

chrisild

Quote from: paisepagal on September 12, 2013, 06:38:27 AM
Turns out the Kryptonian script reads as (from left to Right)...."75 years of Superman" and then "Superman 75 ans déjà"

Odd, I'd imagine it would have said "75 ans de Superman" or something like that.... "déjà" just seems weird

Ah, thanks - I had posted the piece here http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,13509.msg156009.html#msg156009 following your suggestion. :)  Now the use of "déjà" does not look particularly weird to me, simply because I have seen it many times. On the other hand, "Superman already 75 years" in English would look weird, hehe. It's just one of those quirky things that are done differently in different languages ...

Christian