Especially not in minted form:
It's hard enough to know what to buy your own father for his birthday. So what do you do to celebrate the 200th birthday of a Father of Confederation?
The government of Canada has an idea: give him a place on the toonie opposite the Queen.
Cabinet last week approved a $2 coin featuring Sir John A. Macdonald's portrait "against a map of Canada in the background" and a banner bearing his name, according to a notice posted online Friday.
The coin's outer ring is to include four images of a maple leaf — two at the top and two at the bottom — with the years 1815 and 2015 inscribed.
Rumours that the coin would also feature a pile of discarded wine bottles have not been substantiated.
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