Money Money Money...

Hey Travel Lover

Do you like money? Would you like to see your face on money? Would you like to visit where money is printed?

DJ, cue in the 1976 classic by Abba (Money Money Money)

Money, Money, Money

Must be funny

In the rich man's world

Money, money, money

Always sunny

In the rich man's world

Aha

All the things I could do

If I had a little money

It's a rich man's world

Alright, welcome back from the brief interlude. I like money (you know I actually mean I love… well…whatever😌) and I certainly fancied a visit to a money minting house. This was the reason I was super excited to visit the Royal Canadian Mint. Whenever I travel to new places around the world, I scout on Google and ask friends that have previously visited, for tourist attraction suggestions. Visiting Winnipeg, cold cold Winnipeg was no different. I went online and saw the Royal Canadian Mint. I was both intrigued and enthralled and I told myself it was a must visit.

I penciled a visit in my itinerary and couldn’t wait to see money making in action. Upon arrival at the facility I was greeted with the most pleasant surprise; I got the chance to see my face on money for some seconds💃🏿🤪🫣. Of course this made the experience start on a high as I prepared to tour this unassuming historical building where money printing has been going on for decades

At the Royal Canadian Mint, they mint coins for several countries around the world. When you visit, there is a walking tour that costs CAD12 for adults and lasts for forty five minutes. During the tour, we were shown the materials as well as the machines that mint the coins. Sadly we couldn’t take pictures there for obvious reasons. In my tour group, we had two “teacher’s favorites”. As we later got to learn they were both engineers so they asked a multitude of questions. I couldn’t help chuckling whenever they started with the questions or superior knowledge.

It was interesting to note that some African countries, including but not limited to Ghana, Uganda, Zambia,Tunisia are customers of the Royal Canadian Mint. Though I’m not a fan of coins or carrying coins, I was so fascinated to listen to the production and distribution process. The simplicity and attention to detail is beyond mind boggling. Little wonder they are able to churn out millions of dollars with very little overhead.

So Travel Lover, do you like money? Would you want to see your face on money? Would a trip to the Royal Canadian Mint to witness printing money (coins) interest you? Let us know your responses in the comments section.

Till Next Week

Live, Love, Laugh

Ajalaress

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