canada Canada-shaped coin issued by Royal Canadian Mint Rusty Blazenhoff

money Britain stops making 1p and 2p coins, for now at least Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Berlin SWAT raids yield arrests in theft of manhole-sized gold coin Cory Doctorow

canada Glow-in-the-dark 'toonie' celebrates Canada's 150th Rusty Blazenhoff

gold fever Gentleman who smuggled $165,000 worth of gold in his rectum promises to pay it back Mark Frauenfelder

b-side Canadian man accused of smuggling $180k in gold in own arse Rob Beschizza

crime RCMP: Former Canadian mint worker smuggled out $180K by hiding it up his butt Cory Doctorow

law Exclusive: Snowden intelligence docs reveal UK spooks' malware checklist Cory Doctorow

fiction A Reasoned Account of Seasonal Anthropomorphism and Hoarding George Chen