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That could have been a mistake. Some coins from New Zealand, for example, look a lot like British currency.
by kintamanimatt 10y ago
That could have been a mistake. Some coins from New Zealand, for example, look a lot like British currency.
- ptaipale 10y agoLikewise for the euro: the Thailand 10 baht coin (worth about 27 cents) is quite similar to 2 euro coin, similar enough that you actually have to look carefully to notice. Each euro country mints their own coins with different insignia, so people are used to 2 euro coins that what whatever figurehead.
- r00fus 10y agoThat always piqued my interest as to how more easier Euro coins were to counterfeit given the numerous variations on coinheads.
- ptaipale 10y agoYes, compared to most of the previous national currencies; in the U.S. there also seem to be a number of variations of coin heads (for quarters at least). The coins in U.S. are smaller value so it does not matter as much. The 1 and 2 euro coins are dual metal though, making the counterfeiting much less lucrative. The Finnish 10 mark coins also used to be dual metal; so I think was the French 10 franc coin; I don't recall if others had much security against counterfeiting.
- BattyMilk 10y agoYeah. I got a NZ$1 in my change the other day. Didn't bat an eyelid. Time for a trip to NZ I guess
- 67726e 10y agoIn the US, it's reasonably common to get Canadian pennies for US pennies.
- caf 10y agoYou get NZ 20c coins in place of Australian ones a fair bit.
- toomanybeersies 10y agoIn a similar fashion, here in New Zealand, I've been using 5 Piso coins from the Philippines instead of $2 coins for my washing recently.