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All of them? 
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Sweden
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Quote: There a few gold coloured World aluminium bronze bronze coins that are physically very close to the Australian $2, but with much less buying power in their own country. The Swedish 10 krona coin is almost identical to the Aussie $2, even remember I got one in change once. I'm pretty sure it has less buying power than $2 but not much. I surely didn't spend it here though.
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Was this recently or back when silver still circulated?
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United States
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These stories make me cringe... I am young enough though that I don't remember putting things back in circulation since I have been looking at coins for about half my lifetime (10 years about). Wait scratch that I do remember I had about 20 P/D Eisenhower dollars I got from working at a CU and I was going to keep them because they were awesome but figured I would rather spend the 20 dollars on some silver coins sold I deposited them. That is the only story I have that I somewhat regret.
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United States
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When I was 6 (in 2006), I didn't know much about coins, but had amassed a number of Mercury dimes. Many probably got mixed in with my change. But, unfortunately, I made the decision to dump my coin jar into the Coinstar machine without checking it. (gasp) The memory haunts me to this day. However, I can feel a bit better, as 2 years later, when I was 8 and knew what I was doing, I caught my mom as she was about to spend a 1963-D quarter in a vending machine. I still have it.
Edited by Numisma 05/18/2015 02:03 am
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If those dimes were rejected someone had to of found them and went walking off with them, if not then they went to the bank and got sent to be destroyed. 
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United States
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I hate just knowing that coins (or anything old in general) are going to be destroyed, even if it doesn't have direct consequences on me. BTW- forgot to mention another one (doesn't really fall into this topic, but I'll post anyway), around the same time I found the 63-D, my grandfather gave me a 1943-P War Nickel from his coin jar. Upon examination, it was- guess what- a 43/2, Red Book value $50 US. (I'm now suspecting he may have bought it for me to find, that's the kind of thing he would do) Unfortunately, I haven't seen it in 4+ years  . On the bright side, though, I'm fairly certain it still exists.
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United States
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I took about a decades hiatus off. My uncle who is a mechanic was saving all the old pennies he has gotten out of the vehicles. Sure as anything a couple months before I really got back into collecting I went to the TD bank and dumped them without even looking in it. Boy do I cringe to this day and this was a little over a year ago only. Got back collecting last June and I check every piece of change I get now. Keep 81 before coppers,all the wheats I find I keep as well. Heck I even have my truck loupe to look at change that I get from stores haha. People look at me like I am crazy when I whip out my loupe in a 7/11 and start zooming haha.
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United States
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I am against hoarding and everything that you see on TV. Coins,i can make a exception for coins though. Ain't nobody have a problem with hoarding coins lol
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United States
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I've never spent a coin on accident, though I have a relevant story.
Once while working at a gas station, my manager asked me to come into his office right after the money truck had arrived with bands of $5's and $1's. He and I had always both competed for silver coins in the registers, but that day he wanted to share. In his hand was $200 in sequential serial # $5 star notes from 2013! In my register, I had laid claim on a $100 star note that came in the cash drawer not too long ago, and had only $100 to spare. I decided I wanted the $5 notes over my $100 star note, so I traded back in the star note to the register, took my remaining $200 to bring home crisp star notes!
Not too long after, I ended up spending all of the star notes to a young couple who were selling silver U.S. coins on craigslist!
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After all that trading, no regrets, right? 
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United States
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I'm positive that I accidentally dropped a 1906 Liberty nickel into my bank's coin machine last year, coming home and realizing the nickel I had found 2 days before was nowhere to be found taught me a good lesson on always keeping my keepers on a different surface than my pocket change.
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Ouch. 
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