Forget the flashlight ..we've got glowing Toonies

The Royal Canadian Mint has done it again ..releasing the first ever “Glow-In-The-Dark” coin into circulation.

The 2-dollar “Toonie” has a picture of the blue-green aurora borealis twinkling above two canoeists seen paddling along a tree-lined lake. In the dark, the special ink used to produce the image illuminates the northern lights. Too be fair this is NOT the first glow in the dark coins issued by the RCM but it’s the first time they’ll ever be part of our everyday transactions.

Other luminescent coins feature similar scenes of Canada’s natural landscape, along with a series based on star signs. A collectors’ coin featuring the red-and-white national flag set against glow-in-the-dark exploding fireworks is also being sold in celebration of the Canadian sesquicentennial.

Mint spokesperson Alex Reeves says they’ve got a long history of coin innovation and we like to show some of our capabilities to the public.

About 3 million toonies have been made for circulation, which are sent to distribution centers where coins are stored and where banks resupply themselves, according to Reeves.