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Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2519 Posts	Posted 04/20/2014 6:00 pm Maybe if I can ever go to the UK sometime in the future I'll bring several Canadian coins with me and "drop" them in random places for people to find Report this Post to the Staff
DaytR Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 837 Posts	Posted 05/08/2014 5:29 pm Quote: Maybe if I can ever go to the UK sometime in the future I'll bring several Canadian coins with me and "drop" them in random places for people to find It`s funny you say that because this afternoon I picked up an abandoned Canadian dime .....I am so exited , when I first saw it I thought it was another one of our 5p coins which I find abandoned quite a lot, then on seeing the words Canada I knew I had hit pay dirt .....then pay dirt went to an all new level when I saw its date .....1978 I remembered what you said about the dimes being a bit too thin , so I put it beside one of our new plated steel 5p coins and I couldnt believe how thin your Canadian dimes are ! They look anorexic compared to our thick 5p coins ...... Report this Post to the Staff
Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2519 Posts	Posted 05/08/2014 9:39 pm Wow! That's a 34 year old coin! Amazing find It's not even that easy to find coins that old in rolls here. It's steel, steel, and steel again. I've also found an Australian 5 cent pretending to be a nickel in a roll. It doesn't really matter though, it's quite cute It's amazing how coins can travel around the world! I've always been wondering, what surreal tale can it tell us only if it could speak? Who knows, it might have seen a real-life Blackadder-esque event I needed to get used to how thin dimes were too when I came here. They feel too small and thin. I used to keep dropping them. Even now I'm not a fan of them. Its size is ridiculous. In Indonesia current circulating coins are mostly aluminium, so they can be quite thick but still very light. So light it's a bit like plastic if you ask me. At least it's not too heavy instead like the "yellow" version coins make holes in your pocket is a recurring joke Also saw some pre-decimal copper today, my firsts (also saw a £1 and a £2, but they aren't as interesting). A teacher of mine owns a few, mostly pennies of George Vs with worn smooth Brittanias. Unfortunately they haven't been stored properly and had started to corrode green... There was also a small thick not round brass coin, apparently it's pronounced "thrup-ny bit" That really doesn't roll off my tongue. I haven't found any coins on the sidewalk (but I saw a crushed plastic bottle cap today) but I've been having lucky streaks with banks lately. I wonder, is it because of the silver sixpence I bought? It seems too improbable for all of them to be a coincidence Maybe it's more than just a superstition? Report this Post to the Staff
DaytR Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 837 Posts	Posted 05/09/2014 2:36 pm Yeah its amazing the interesting places coins end up getting to , everytime I get coins from the 70`s or 80`s I always wonder were they have been to over the years and how many sweets they have bought One thing that also surprised me about Canadian dimes is the fact that your newer steel dimes are lighter than the ones from the 70`s and 80`s , its interesting that you mention dropping dimes because when that dime slipped and dropped to a hard surface in a quiet room it mde a soft sound so I can imagine people dropping one in a place were there is a little noise wont hear them ...... Quote: I haven't found any coins on the sidewalk (but I saw a crushed plastic bottle cap today) My top tip would be pay a little attention to areas near parking meters , they are good places to find interesting coins Report this Post to the Staff
ASLAN TVorlon Pillar of the Community United States 1234 Posts	Posted 05/09/2014 3:11 pm I got two 1991 5 pence pieces a while back in US dime rolls, and just got a 6 pence from 1954 in a US penny roll. I always love finding foreign coins, that is how I started THREE decades ago, the US coins never appealed to me and my dad asked at his bank all the time for NON-US coins and I ended up with hundreds that way. Quote: I always wonder were they have been to over the years and how many sweets they have bought Quote: I've always been wondering, what surreal tale can it tell us only if it could speak? I started a Thread a while back just for that purpose, "A Coin's Life" https://goccf.com/t/168956 It's not a dead topic but just in hibernation. If you feel like being creative you can give that 5 pence a voice... from Royal Mint to your hand... where has it been??? Report this Post to the Staff
Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2519 Posts	Posted 05/09/2014 9:25 pm Yep. And most of the place I'm in are carpeted. Mutes out the sound more. If they decided to make the dime lighter, say out of aluminium, I bet that they will go flying on a windy day (if my calculations are correct it will weigh only 0.8410173 grams). Then dimes will be flying everywhere, smacking people in the face as they walk by... Unfortunately, there aren't any parking meters around my area. I could see how they would be a good spot to find coins though Keep that sixpence Aslan! I bought a '42 sixpence that I carry around, and I've been having multiple streaks of luck lately. I probably overpaid for it but I'm certain it's paid itself back very quick with all this luck I'll think up of something a little over-the-top styled to add to your thread for a little change from the sentimental stories I need to practice my writing I've no motivation to work on Legacy for a long time... Still stuck on Chapter 4 Report this Post to the Staff
ASLAN TVorlon Pillar of the Community United States 1234 Posts	Posted 05/10/2014 04:42 am Floating aluminum coins on water... https://goccf.com/t/166461 another thread I'm about to resurrect... I just need to get all my aluminum coins togather Thanks SlurExe97 ""I've no motivation to work on Legacy for a long time... Still stuck on Chapter 4"" another budding author ? is that a novel you are working on? over-the-top sentimental stories well if they were not over the top and sentimental they would not be good Be Creative... Be Amazing... Be The Coin ..... .... ... .. . WOW the word... BE looks weird sometimes Report this Post to the Staff
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