And I thought the £2 coin was big!

[angledge]

Today I found the coin on the right in my pocket (a pair of shorts I hadn't worn since last summer) & I was given the coin on the left in change from the Post Office:



That's right, that's a £5 coin. That's worth about $8.50-9.00 in USD. It's also the biggest coin going since the Easter Islanders stopped carving those crazy stone ones. It has been issued to honor 100 years of Entente Cordiale, the treaty between the UK & France.

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[afterwards.livejournal.com]

Shit! Sure that's not a hubcap?

[marasca.livejournal.com]

You need a picture of a dime next to those so you can have wee, not so wee, and FRIGGIN HUGE!

[pisica.livejournal.com]

I think the PO is the only one who ever uses those coins - I once turned one into the Royal Bank of Scotland, and the guy at the desk was ready to go verify that it was legal currency!

Just a warning in case someone in a shop looks at it funny and tries to get the chocolate out. :)

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Just a warning in case someone in a shop looks at it funny and tries to get the chocolate out.

That was my reaction at first: "What, you get candy at the PO now?"

[pisica.livejournal.com]

Hannukah gelt!!!

[pisica.livejournal.com]

I once turned one into the Royal Bank of Scotland

I really need to proofread my comments before I post 'em....

The HP magic word would be Bureaucratus, probably

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Well, it would be worth a lot more than £5. But it would also be a lot more annoying.

[krick.livejournal.com]

I collect odd foreign (to me in the USA) coins.

I've got some coinage from either France or Belgium (I think) that is actually SMALLER than a US dime!

I also have a British (?) coin from 1910 or so that if my memory serves me correctly is a giant penny the size of a US half dollar.

I'll have to try to dig up my coin collection and post some pics. Though, I have no idea where it is at the moment.