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Can someone help me understand some of the British coins?
I currently have a 2 pence coin, a 2 pound coin and three 1 pound coins. How much do I have?
I stumbled upon these coins in my penny jar. Every year I count how many US pennies I collect from the change I get from actual purchases; I'm not allowed to get pennies from somewhere on purpose, from Jan 1 -Dec 31 (Sidenote: I collected 716 :D)
EDIT: Probably should change the title to Understanding British coins)
£5.02 ($8.32)
£2 coins are quite cool. If you have one of the earlier ones (they're a relatively new coin) you can pop out the silver middle and have a cool ring!
I'm biased but I do love our coins.
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Every time I show a foreigner this heptagonal bad boy it absolutely blows their mind. Some love it, some hate it, but if nothing else it's pretty god damn unique.
50p is my favorite coin, but I didn't see that design when I was there (06)
That coin certainly looks interesting. I sadly know very little abour British currency.
I am Canadian so we have the loonie and the toonie.
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I think the toonie is really pretty.
Oh I really like the one with the bird on it!They do all sorts of interesting designs with it, here's some more recent ones:Quote:
Originally Posted by rubah
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I really like the second to left on the last row. It's very pretty.
/steals all the monies.
Unsurprisingly, I like the WWF one! I miss NZ money. US money is useless, I always open my wallet and think I have ~*loads of money*~ and then it ends up I have like...five dollars, because all the money looks the same.
My wallet is still bursting with British money that I acquired from my journey earlier this year, and I have yet to empty it out (and probably won't for some time because eh). I do like the 50p coin! I also like the pound coins.
why are all your coins heptagons
go with a real shape, like an American Circle Coin
also, this is my favorite website for currency conversions
this particular design is cool cos obviously all the other coins of the same set match. coins are awesome and ours are among the bestQuote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
I have all but two of the Olympic 50ps! I'll take a picture and share after work (they are in my tip box)
Also there is a new 2013 50p coin
Edit: I lied. I seem to only have 24 after I checked my box :/
Wait, and the coin would still have it's value (the silver middle that is)Quote:
Originally Posted by Parker
As an American I find this entire thread frightening and confusing.
The Australian 50c coins are also a spastic shape but I love 'em. Excellently weighted for use as a projectile, and they also do cool designs from time to time. Here is the standard though.
http://www.cruzis-coins.com/50c/1969m2.jpg
The $1 and 20c coins also seem to get cool designs from time to time as well. One of my friends is collecting as many of a specific type of 20c coin as he can. I think he has like thirty? Not even that much value but it's been fun stalking around for them. I stole one from some guy once because clearly he didn't need it as much as my buddy.
Love the 50p coin. Hate the 2p coin. Missing the 25 cent coin :(
The cool shapes help with finding the coins in your purse. :D
We have the queen on all of our Canadian coins too :O
you need to relinquish your british identity to become a real countryQuote:
Originally Posted by shion
The sad thing about australian coins is that we dont use fancy names. It's always x cent coin or x dollar coin. No pennies, quaters, dimes or what have you.
I propose we start calling 50c coins halfies and $2 coins dubloons
Racist.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
After moving from to Canada from Merka, I'm annoyed that my wallet weighs 5x as much from having to carry dollar coins around in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calliope
To this day I get weirded out when I see reference to dollars with the Queen on them.
I support this wholeheartedly.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
Nah. You can't use it. But it is cool and you can show people how strong you are by popping it out with ur bare fingertipsQuote:
Originally Posted by DarkBahamutWait, and the coin would still have it's value (the silver middle that is)Quote:
Originally Posted by Parker
I love British coins. I get forever confused in Aus because the $2 coin is smaller than a $1.
Moving from Canada to the UK makes your wallet even heavier, believe it or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr UnneAfter moving from to Canada from Merka, I'm annoyed that my wallet weighs 5x as much from having to carry dollar coins around in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calliope
Oh oh oh oh though.
I have an Aussie coin with Will and Kate on it which made me happier than it should have!
I'm not super fond of Swedish coins - I think they're rather bland and boring in comparison to other countries' coins.
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It's happened more than once that I nerded out over cool coins and spent hours looking through different ones on wikipedia. Like look at these japanese tael sycees, are they not a thing of beauty?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...%E9%8A%851.jpg
Edit: Or this Chinese Yansheng coin!
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I love the 50p coin. They made it 90% less dangerous by slimming it down a lot. I have an old 50p coin and it was faaaaaat.
The 5 on the 5 Kronor coin is real nice though. I like that font.
The picture i took of the olympic coins was rubbish so here's a pic of the full set that i found on google
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petition to change the name of the KRONOR to the BONOR
Of course, the real fun with the British coins comes from when you put them all together:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...inage_2008.jpg
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Originally Posted by Heath
I sense an economics based captain planet spinoff