2016-03-11 Fri

Vancouver’s headless brakeman makes a comeback, this time though not to haunt you but on the latest 25-cent coin release by Canadian Mint. The news is that this coin has become so popular that they are being sold like pancakes and are almost sold out.

This one is the Mint’s second release of the Haunted Canada series using lenticular technology! The first release being the 2014 25c Haunted Canada Gold Bride Coin which is already out of stock!

The mint describes,” In one image, the dark train tunnel is suddenly illuminated by the bright glow of a lantern as an otherworldly figure emerges before the viewer, dressed in a railway uniform from 1928. Chillingly, the brakeman appears without a head, with two small, glowing orbs that create the illusion of eyes peering out towards the viewer. When the coin is tilted to the other side, the light suddenly goes out, leaving the viewer alone in the darkness with this shadowy presence, as the ill-fated brakeman continues his eternal walk along the train tracks.”

Other inscriptions around the reverse design include ‘CANADA’, ‘25 CENTS’ and the year ‘2015’. The obverse features Susanna Blunt’s effigy of Queen Elizabeth II with inscriptions ‘ELIZABETH II’ and ‘D G REGINA’.

click here to buy this coin.