Greg Hewgill ([info]ghewgill) wrote,
@ 2004-05-27 14:27:00
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change is unexpected
While digging through the change in my car for lunch, I noticed a coin that shouldn't be there. Somehow I got a 5 pence piece as change at some point. It's almost exactly the same size as a dime except it's a bit thicker. xe.com says it's worth about 9.2 US cents right now.

Anyway, not something you see every day.


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[info]bovineone
2004-05-27 07:36 pm UTC (link)
So basically you got cheated out of 0.8 US cents if you were given it instead of a dime!

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[info]texaspatsfan
2004-05-27 07:47 pm UTC (link)
We can add it to my foreign coin collection! :)

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[info]nugget
2004-05-28 12:09 am UTC (link)
bonus. the way the economy's been lately, that 5 pence is a lot more likely to hold its value than the dime you thought you got. :)

Right now I'm feeling pretty smart for sitting on my little pile of foreign currency!

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(Anonymous)
2004-05-28 01:59 am UTC (link)
The other day I got a 16 zagnub piece for my quarter!

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[info]willyumtx
2008-10-17 06:34 pm UTC (link)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_the_pound_sterling

The new design is really cool. I like how they are all part of a whole. And the non circular shapes. Fancy!

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[info]ghewgill
2008-10-19 08:38 am UTC (link)
Wow, that's a neat idea. I'll have to be on a lookout for those as I expect to be passing through the UK sometime next year.

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