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Finland
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United States
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I liked the story linked on that site about the Australian mint worker who smuggled $155,000 worth of $2 coins in his boots.
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Forum Mom
 United States
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Very interesting. I think I'm going to watch for Rupee auctions on ebay. Who knows what may happen? |
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 United States
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Wow!
I'm gonna go get me some big boots and work for the Mint
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Pillar of the Community
Luxembourg
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Back in 2001 when I was in Bombay, there was also a shortage of coins. I only managed to take back home around half a dozen coins. One of them being a 5 rupees minted in Moscow.
A couple of years ago an Internet friend living there with whom I had some swaps confirmed me that the situation had come back to normal again... not for a very long time as it seems.
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Valued Member
Israel
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We have more than 18,000 5 rupee coins in stock. Do you think Gillette will be interested.
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United States
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Does anyone know what the composition of these coins are that makes them good for razor blades?
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Australia
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Interesting indeed. I'd heard that coins were disappearing from eastern India, but I hadn't heard what was happening to them.
If they can turn $1 face value of coins into $35 worth of razor blades, it sounds like it's time to stop making these coins out of steel.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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 Finland
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I posted the same story to Finnish coin forum too and one guy said that when we had old aluminum one penni coin in circulation in 1970's,some people made them rings to put them between wall and screw (no idea what is the correct word in English for that).One penni coin in 1979 when manufacturing was cancelled equals 0,004 euro in 2006.
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United States
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Well China is melting coins by the ton for the nickle to be used in their steel fabrication. India also has been expanding quickly. The two countries are one of the biggest reasons copper, nickle, etc. have skyrocketed in price of late. The US Mint put a ban on metling pennies and nickles back in I think January. Right now a nickle is worth more melted then it is to spend.
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