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What are these coins? Somebodys project? Tiny!
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AJSP
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Was given these when I was a kid! Just wondering what they are. Are the real coins? Or something made by somebody?

The American penny is TINY! The rest are paper thin!

""The Canada penny is for size comparison""





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All of those are readily available on the net. My dad bought me a set in '68, which I still have. A 7-11 cashier would probably melt-down if you spent one.
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Are they a part of a set of anything? Is there a history behind them to why they were made? Thanks for your time fioti!
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The little gold ones are "miniatures", made for jewellery purposes. You can find them in the form of several different kinds of famous world coins. The two top ones at least are probably made of 8k gold.

The tiny cent was indeed part of a set. THey were often sold as a novelty labelled "worlds smallest coins", though of course they're not real official coins.
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By law, copies my be > twice as big as a large dollar, or < half as small as a dime or be marked "copy". Beyond that, anyone can make them. I've seen them marked Nixon money, Carter money, inflation money, etc.
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