Canyonero-o-o? No, it's Amero-o-o

I found Daniel Carr's coins on eBay when I was looking for Tesla collectible coins. (The guy who invented AC current, not the metal band) Daniel submits designs on a regular basis to the mint. He has designed a couple of circulation state quarters, and now he is the "first to mint the Amero"

I just purchased a couple of Amero's for my next trip to New York. The Amero had better include only US, Mexico, & Puerto Rico... no way I'm giving up my loonies & toonies for something with an American bird & American lady liberty.

Once in a blue moon, the line between “fantasy” coins and “real-world” coins becomes blurred. These Ameros truly reflect a realistic modern-day geo-political scenario, and I think they are definitely “crossover” pieces that will have major implications in our community that go far beyond the usual impact made by a typical privately minted coin. Just days after the first pieces had been produced, members of at least one online numismatic forum were already suggesting, with some very hostile words, that Mr. Carr may be part of a conspiracy to replace the dollar under a global dictatorship. Mr. Carr, a member of that forum, replied: “Wow, I really stirred up a hornet's nest here…I guess the nest was just waiting all along and I just happened to be the one to stir it up. The coins pictured are private-issue fantasy patterns that I've designed and minted as collector's items. Maybe someday there will be government-issue ‘Amero’ currency. There is currently no law that says I can't mint and distribute Amero coins. But in the future, there may come a time when it will be illegal to make private-issue ‘Amero’ coins. But regardless of what happens, my Amero coins are the first!”

http://www.geocities.com/erik_mccrea/linksUV.html

Next time perhaps he'll consider his neighbours up to the north & incorporate a beaver, or maybe a tar sands well design, eh?