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 Australia
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OK, here's a real history of the real penny. Not so much "ravaged" by inflation as having been inexorably worn down over the centuries, like a jagged boulder to a smooth pebble.  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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United States
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The $1 FRN debuted 50 years ago in 1963. At the time, it was equal to a silcirculated, ver dollar. Take a common as dirt 1921 Morgan or 1922-23 Peace $1 today, and it's worth $25 or more. Compare that to an old circulated $1 FRN.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United Kingdom
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French 10-franc coins:  Gold 1830-1914 0.680 fine silver 1929-1939 Cupro-nickel 1945-1949 Aluminium-bronze 1950-1958 During this period, 10 French francs would have declined from a sterling value of about 8 shillings (96 old pence) to about 2 old pence! Edited by NumisRob
09/13/2013 08:32 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Here's about 100 years of the Thai Baht, starting out as a freshly decimalized 15-gram silver coin, moving into base metal, downsizing some more, and ending as a little thing worth about 3 cents.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Nice coins, nalaberong!
Never seen one of those big silver Bahts!
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United Kingdom
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OK, here's a real history of the real penny. Not so much "ravaged" by inflation as having been inexorably worn down over the centuries, like a jagged boulder to a smooth pebble. As the penny is the descendant of the denari then you could actually go back 2 and a bit millennium instead of centuries  Edited by austrokiwi
09/18/2013 06:56 am
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United States
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If people keep changing the size of coins, imagine the poor kid at a gum ball machine. Or would they start making all sorts of gum ball machines? Oddly enough I've seen bum ball machines that take Quarters. |
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Canada
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Isn't that the normal gumball price?
You can pop in 10 yen or 1 franc and it works just as well (same with bathroom condom/tampon/etc. dispensers).
In Iceland, gumballs are 100 kronur... 80 cents! They have a perfectly good 50 kronur coin, but apparently it's not good enough.
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United States
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There's some cool stuff in here! Great idea, NumisRob, thanks for starting this thread and thanks to all of the others who shared their examples. I enjoyed seeing all of the foreign coinage.
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Canada
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Here's one year of Russian Federation 50 ruble coins:  From bi-metal to aluminum-bronze to brass-clad steel on one year, and they kept the same design and size. I guess it would get confusing otherwise... |
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Canada
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Here's the Austro-Hungarian kreuzer from 1816 to 1881. I think there are a couple others that came between, but I haven't got them:  |
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United States
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Sap, stop, you're making me salivate. Maybe one day if I'm real good Santa will gift me a penny from Alfred the Great's reign.  |
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nalaberong - and yet to the average Thai earning 300 baht/day minimum wage, those tiny coins are still valuable. (The mandatory 300 baht/day is new this year; formerly it was typically 100 baht/day).
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United Kingdom
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Spanish 5-peseta coins:  1870 - 1899: .900 silver, 25 grams 1949 - 1950: Pure nickel, 15 grams 1958 - 1989: Cupro-nickel, 5.7 grams 1989 - 2001: Cupro-nickel-aluminium-steel-maganese alloy, 3 grams 2002: Coin abolished as Spain adopts the Euro. Edited by NumisRob
12/28/2013 06:16 am
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