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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 14, 2017 8:36:59 GMT
This happened to me today. I went on a walk to the local supermarket to buy some potato chips, and when I got home I realised that they had given me a New Zealand 20 cent coin as part of the change.
Have you ever been given a foreign coin as change?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2017 8:55:33 GMT
Once i was given a dansih crown
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 14, 2017 8:58:32 GMT
Once i was given a dansih crown Cool. Where do you live?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2017 9:03:09 GMT
Once i was given a dansih crown Cool. Where do you live? Norway
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 14, 2017 9:03:52 GMT
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Post by JHA Durant on Aug 14, 2017 9:15:29 GMT
I've got a few New Zealand coins over the years. Recently I've started giving them back in exchange for the Aussie equivalent.
I got an old Malaysian coin once when I was a kid, dunno how come it lasted so long without anyone noticing it wasn't a 10 cent coin.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 14, 2017 9:18:21 GMT
I got an old Malaysian coin once when I was a kid, dunno how come it lasted so long without anyone noticing it wasn't a 10 cent coin. Maybe it had magical powers put onto it by a prank-loving wizard or something....
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Post by klandersen on Aug 15, 2017 16:53:10 GMT
Lots of times. Most often it will be a Canadian penny or dime. It is so easy for some of these coins to go unnoticed if they are similar size/color of US coins.
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Post by klandersen on Aug 16, 2017 12:24:13 GMT
Too bad you can't fool vending machines with foreign currency.
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Post by Raimo47 on Aug 16, 2017 13:16:52 GMT
No, but once I paid with a Russian coin and the shop clerk didn't notice anything.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 19, 2017 2:23:13 GMT
When I went to England they gave me change with English coins, BUT I suppose that doesn't count ! BUT seriously. When I was in France they were doing some sort of re-do of coinage and stores were not accepting the "old coins". I went to a bank and exchanged some travelers Cheques and they gave me the "outdated" coins which I discovered I could not spend. A nice lady in a café suggested that I put them in a donation box at the Cathedral because they would accept them back from the Church. My only trip to France, by the way. and yes, Canadian coins in the US change. Usually pennies or dimes.
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Post by Nalkarj on Aug 19, 2017 2:29:23 GMT
Matthew the SwordsmanI'm American and live here in the States, and, like klandersen , I've been paid in Canadian coins many times. Once, when I was visiting Canada, though (how's this for irony?), I received change once...in euros! (Inadvertently, too: I pointed it out to the girl, and she was as surprised as I was!)
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Post by camimac on Aug 19, 2017 20:08:03 GMT
Every now and then, I'll get a Canadian coin mixed in with my change.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 19, 2017 20:17:26 GMT
Once, when I was visiting Canada, though (how's this for irony?), I received change once...in euros! (Inadvertently, too: I pointed it out to the girl, and she was as surprised as I was!) I collect coins, but don't have any euros. I should get some at some point.
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Post by Nora on Sept 3, 2017 1:17:02 GMT
This happened to me today. I went on a walk to the local supermarket to buy some potato chips, and when I got home I realised that they had given me a New Zealand 20 cent coin as part of the change. Have you ever been given a foreign coin as change? not given but certainly gave (accidentally) quite a few times. And those are only the times I know off because the person behind the register returned it me. God knows it might have happened many more times and nobody noticed… In my past job life I travelled too much and often to countries where credit cards were not commonly accepted and ATMs were not around too much either. so I always carried a lot of different currencies on me "just in case". And it seemed like no matter what you did you always ended up with a lot of spare coins from those odd currencies and countries you knew you weren't likely to visit again… If I look in my purse right now I am likely to find coins that are: Thai baht, Honk-Kong dollar, Cambodian riel, Czech crowns, euros, Russian rubles, US cents and maybe even some dirhams. Yeah, I should empty my purse.
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Post by Utpe on Sept 3, 2017 19:03:35 GMT
Back in the 1990s when I used to pay cash for what I purchased, sometimes I would receive Canadian pennies. I tried like hell to get rid of them using that Coinstar kiosk later on, or trying to fool the cashiers by mixing it in with other change.
Unfortunately, it barely worked. Coinstar knew it was Canadian, and some of the cashiers actually bothered to look at what I was handing them. I guess they didn't want to risk being fired when they counted the money at the end of the day.
After I found out they could get into trouble, I stopped doing that. I just kinda put them in a jar in the closet. Same with my relatives. I'll probably try selling them on eBay one day. They may be of some value to certain people out there, especially since Canada discontinued them.
I did want to mention that, on one very rare occasion, I received a coin from Guatemala (I think). I'm guessing somebody visited the country and brought it back with them, then gave it to some unsuspecting cashier.
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Post by Jokers_Wilde on Sept 3, 2017 20:49:28 GMT
I'm Canadian, and I have been given American coins as change quite a few times. All of the American change I get, I put in a tin. Next time I go to the States (closest border way is about 90 minutes), I take the tin with the change, and go to the coin counter at Meijer (grocery store), and I get money back in American bills. That is, after they take 8% (or something like that) for the service.
As well, I'm the treasurer for the bowling league for which I am a part. The odd time, I get American coins. One time, I was counting up the takings for the night, and what I thought was a 'twonie' ($2 coin)...looked and felt a little strange. It was a little bit smaller than the $2 Canadian coin, but looked similar. So, I took a twonie from my pocket, and put it in with the takings for the night.
Turns out...the coin I got was only worth about 40 cents. So, I got scammed that way!
In the end, I gave the coin to my father because he is more of a numismatist (one who collects coins) than I am.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2017 6:51:56 GMT
No but I have got some really old coins I have given to my Uncle who likes to collect coins.
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Post by Lucy on Sept 30, 2017 5:05:42 GMT
Yes, I see a few Jamaican coins get mixed in with American coins in my wallet.
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Post by chalk2 on Sept 30, 2017 5:17:08 GMT
Too bad you can't fool vending machines with foreign currency. NOT SO: I don't know if you still can or not however, I haven't tried it in a couple of decades, but the English 5 pence coin used to work the same as U.S. quarter and the old 1/2 (half) pence coin used to work as a dime due to similar size and weight. I used to use them in Vending machines all the time. Talk about saving money, it was great. lol. Nowadays coins have changed so who knows. As for receiving foreign change, like others it's usually Canadian coins.
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