foreign " 1pound coins".

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:54 pm

seen a few of these 1 lilangeni coins from swaziland lately .same size weight and content as a nugget. 14.19 to one exchange rate .so near yet so far away

jeffvickers · Post by **jeffvickers** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:01 pm

Remember the Austrian Schillings!

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:10 pm

yeh 2 glued together .easier to get hold of aswell. these african coins are being sold on the net at 3 dollars a piece (cheers) they are worth about 7 pence. also they are made by our very own royal mint and "smuggled" out of the country

geoff365 · Post by **geoff365** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:23 am

The most money made by us Brits with the "Wrong coins" was absolutly nothing to do with gambling .

In the 1980's the German 1 mark piece was the same as the old 5 pence. (1 SHILLING) Deutche Telecom lost fortunes in their telephone boxes.

Anybody that was in Germany then will back me up.

fruitypie · Post by **fruitypie** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:53 am

They also lost a fortune in there fag machines :P I know