And have you noticed that Lizzy is winking? - She knows what happens when you drop one into your trouser pocket ;-)

LMAO. Thats bad. Its off to the Tower of London for you:)

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Old James

No, it isn't a misprint and it is real.

These are ok, but change is still a problem.....

Fortunately, vending machines won't take them. Imagine trying to hold a cup of coffee and pick up 99,998 loonies coming out of the change chute.

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Imagine trying to hold a cup of coffee and pick up 99,998 loonies coming out of the change chute.

ROTFLMAO!! Oh Lord, we have enough of them in politics, let alone out of vending machines :-))

Actually we can beat the Canadians with Titans and Giants Got any change Squire?

That is impressive. In the United States the largest paper money we have in circulation is the $100 bill . At one time you could get #10,000 bills but the government pulled all the big bills because they were being used by drug dealers to ship money out of the country. Now when they captures money flying out of the country, they find a plane stuffed full of $100 bills. When yo do the math, $1,000,000 in $100 bills works out to a large suit case full of money.

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And have you noticed that Lizzy is winking? - She knows what happens when you drop one into your trouser pocket ;-)

LMAO. Thats bad. Its off to the Tower of London for you:)

"£$%^&*() and I just got out of there :-(

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

I promise to pay the bearer on the demand:)

I promise to pay the bearer on the demand:)

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

Dr Evil in 1 million Dollars:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKKHSAE1gIs

The U.S. has tried for years to get people on the dollar coin, but it isn't working. The Silver Dollar was a little before my time, but people used to like those. I think they were bigger, and you could tell the difference between them and a quarter in your pocket, ;~)

The reason the made the newer $1 coins smaller than the old ones was because people complained the old ones were too heavy to carry around. They still say that about the new ones AND that they're too hard to tell apart from quarters. That's the reason the dollars are smooth-edged and quarters are ridged, but it doesn't help.

Most vending machines do take dollar coins. The only machines I know of that take pennies are Illinois toll booths. And now vending machines are starting to take credit cards, so you don't need any paper or change at all.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

If shops stopped making everything £X.99 they wouldn't be necessary anyway.

Ah now, that goes back many years on both sides of the pond!!

It was general marketing strategy to make stuff look like it was cheaper than it actually was. Hence cloth in a Drapers at 11 pence three farthings a yard, looked a lot cheaper than virtually a whole shilling. $4.99 wit the 99 deliberately in small characters looked a lot less than $5.

We have 99p shops and £1 shops, all the same really, far East tat.

Eliminating x.99 prices wouldn't help much over here with all the screwy rates of sales tax. I bought some groceries yesterday and the receipt itemized "Sales tax 1 1.75% $0.63, Sales tax 2 8.75% $3.47" (or something like that).

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Coins indeed should be made clearly interdistinguishable. Just imagine, for example: yellow discs, red triangles, blue rectangles...

As long as you don't go for ninghis.

(I think that's how he spelled it.)

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

I promise to pay the bearer on the demand:)

What's it worth, about US$1.50?

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

I promise to pay the bearer on the demand:)

What's it worth, about US$1.50?

One Zimbwabwe dollar is about .27 cents which if my decimal point is in the right place would be about 270 million dollars. If they print very many of those, the exchange rate will get much worst pretty fast.

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The former Zimbwabwe dollar is worth about... nothing.
Maybe as recycling paper it has some value.
But collectors find a value.
A 100-trillion-dollar bill, it turns out, is worth about $5.

One Zimbwabwe dollar is about .27 cents which if my decimal point is in the right place would be about 270 million dollars. If they print very many of those, the exchange rate will get much worst pretty fast.

That much, huh?

Wait, do you mean 27 cents, or 27 hundredths of a cent?

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

One Zimbwabwe dollar is about .27 cents which if my decimal point is in the right place would be about 270 million dollars. If they print very many of those, the exchange rate will get much worst pretty fast.

That much, huh?

Wait, do you mean 27 cents, or 27 hundredths of a cent?

Their current dollar is worth 27 one hundredths of a cent. I didn't know they had discarded the old currency, Printed a new one and inflated that one. Weimar Republic again.

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Mind gobbles:)

Because of galloping hyperinflation in 2008 it was decided that from August 1, 2008 onwards, a currency reform that means that 10 zeros were deleted from the banknotes. Thus was 10 billion old dollars equal to a new Zimbabwean dollars. [1] Hyper Inflation continued even after the currency reform. In late October 2008 was estimated inflation to over 10 000 trillion percent and bills are increasingly denominations were introduced in rapid succession in late 2008 and early 2009, as there was acute shortage of cash for residents' everyday transactions. In early December 2008 was created circulation of 50 million and 100 million ZWD, and 12 December 2008 it was announced that banknotes of 200 million or 500 million ZWD would begin to be released the same day. [3] On this occasion, it was about 60 million ZWD on a US dollars and 500 million ZWD corresponded roughly the cost of the eight loaves of bread. When a banknote of 10 billion ZWD was released around December 20th handed it to 20 loaves of bread. January 10, 2009 it was announced that banknotes of 20 billion respectively. 50 billion ZWD would be issued. The day before it went 25 billion ZWD to one US dollar, and 50 billion would only be enough for two loaves of bread. [4] The new bill was matched 500 000 000 000 000 000 000 (5 · 1020) old Zimbabwe dollars from before 2008 the currency reform.

Today Zimbabwean Dollar ↔ US Dollar
1 ZWD = 0.00276319 USD
1 USD = 361.900 ZWD
Mid-market rates: 2015-03-21 09:54 UTC

Swedish plate money:)
The largest one is worth 10 daler and weighs almost 20 kilograms! (44 lb).
British Museum has one at display in Room 68: Money:)
The cumbersome size and weight of plate money eventually prompted Sweden to become the first country in Europe to issue banknotes. There were introduced issued by Stockholms Banco in 1661.
http://www.nbbmuseum.be/2008/04/cradle-european-banknote.htm
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/others/100_daler_note.aspx

In order to transport the world's largest coin sometimes a sled was required.

As long as you don't go for ninghis.

Oh no, surely not. One needs to remember, that ningis are not negotiable currency: http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Triganic_Pu.

Hitchhikers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dm25nWqil0

Uncle $crooge - The Daily Money Swim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBRrCY5uhWY

Brit Coin or Commemorative?

Date: 1845 Weight: 28 grams Color: Dull Silvery Diameter: 38 mm Thickness: 2.62 mm

Front has pick of Queen Victoria. Left Profile. Very Young, of course. Hair pulled back in a chignon.

Front Inscription: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA in usual, Around Perifery.

Back Inscription: BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:

Back Coat of Arms: Royal Crown. Four Quadrant Shield under Crown. Upper Left has 3 Lions. Upper Right 1 Lion. Bottom Left has a Harp. Bottom Right 3 Lions. All Six Lions facing to left of coin, with 3 Legs grounded and front right leg up and extended.

Leaved Branch on each side of C O A, meeting and crossed at bottom, and under crossed branch a bit of nuts and berries?

Edge of Coin inscribed: DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI VIII and After TUTAMEN and VIII are what looks like a tiny star.

Any ideas?

Yep.

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May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!!

1845 Crown - face value 5 shillings (25pence), but will sell today for around 700-1000GBP
Slightly smaller, and with the year "1845" it was the half-crown.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?