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foreign " 1pound coins".

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:54 pm
by mr lugsy
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 :(

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:01 pm
by jeffvickers
Remember the Austrian Schillings!

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:10 pm
by mr lugsy
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 :lol:

Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:23 am
by geoff365
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.

8)

Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:53 am
by fruitypie
They also lost a fortune in there fag machines :P I know :lol: