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Do You Have Change For A Tron?

By Kevin Bracken

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Former Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier lives on as a program in the 1982 Disney film Tron. Torontoist reader Brent created these “enhanced” bank notes.
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Contrary to popular belief, defacing currency is not illegal in Canada. For defaced currency from elsewhere in the world, check out the defaced presidents Flickr pool.
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Via Laughing Squid.

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  • PickleToes

    “Spend More, Live Less”
    Wow, even the money in Toronto is consumed by the leftist tendency to loath consumerism.

  • n0wak

    I’ve always preferred the Spock five dollar bill over the Tron one.

  • ariehsinger

    this is just hilarious….I loved the laugh – and the flickr pool to boot!

  • spacejack

    Expensive hobby.

  • Doggiez

    Does anyone else remember Where’s Willy, where Canadian $5 bills were tracked? http://www.whereswilly.com/

  • alyce

    I want to actually see one in person!

  • Marc Lostracco

    The top one looks more like Leonard Cohen as Tron.

  • Skippy the Magical Racegoat

    I would gladly pay thousands of dollars for one of these fine works of art.
    - Skippy the Point-Missing Racegoat