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In 2000, as part of the Millennium celebration, the RCM
began "colourizing" coins for collectors.<br>
They started the program with 2 (of 12) quarters from the 2000 Millennium
series,<br>
January - "Pride" and July - "Celebration".<br>
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<br>They followed the success of the Millennium series
colourized quarters in 2001 with the "Spirit of Canada."<br>
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The tradition continued into 2002, with the "Canada
Day" issue.<br>
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<br>2003 saw yet another "Canada Day" issue.<br>
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The Maple leaf theme continues into 2004.<br>
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<br>With such success in the colourized quarter series,
the RCM has begun expanding, with this issue to celebrate "Remembrance
Day" (Canadian Veteran's Day). However, with this issue, they took a step
to the next level, and issued this as a circulation issue, with distribution
through Tim Hortons®.<br>
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The release of the Santa Clause colorized quarter opens
the possibility of yet another annual series for the RCM to exploit.<br>
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Those are in airtites aren't they? No worries there.
