- cross-posted to:
- mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
- historymemes@piefed.social
- cross-posted to:
- mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
- historymemes@piefed.social
cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/historymemes/p/806332/coins
cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/historymemes/p/806332/coins
“I heard you guys like coins so we put an entire coin on a coin!”
I remember when Lira used to make these bimetal coin in a coin things. I remember someone telling me back in my youth that bimetal coins were made of oils coins so they could cut costs but make a coin that worked in vending machines without having to resize the internal change sorters. I never believed it and never looked it up.
Yes, it was prob my favourite coin from the 90s around Europe (I thought it looked cool bcs of the two metals).
I wonder if I have some left in some forgotten corner.
Looked cool and was the first circulating coin to feature Braille numerals - which can be seen in your pic.