FUNNY MONEY

interest · February 03, 2013, 10:16:15 PM

So I took keyrings out of packaging to see other side, there was an 1993 blue tenner with purple serials.

Now what I have gleamed from this little exercise is that the people who make up these things is,
When they want a note photo they don't just go to the circulation notes.
these key rings have a
$5.00 note with HK 97978328
$10.00 note very blue with purple serials BI 93002880

All of course made in China.

A Plumber who wants you to spend a penny

Australian coin · August 28, 2013, 07:54:00 PM

returned from Phillip Island, and the tourist shops had some funny stuff, the best was at Nobbies

also there were these machines at every tourist spot, I collect this koala one, then stoped, I haven't put it in a 2x2 yet but when I get around to it I can post pics of it.

triplewitch · August 28, 2013, 08:10:36 PM

Nice designs on the pennies, but $2 for that?-John

Fulvio · August 28, 2013, 08:15:40 PM

Quote from: 'triplewitch' pid='26411' dateline='1377686436'Nice designs on the pennies, but $2 for that?-John

Yeah, well, there are no trams on Phillip Is. so you can't roll your own.

So what are they using for pennies anyway? Not real ones, surely?

Australian coin · August 28, 2013, 08:19:50 PM

yep that's why I just got the one, but $2 isn't bad, better than all the other tourist trap stuff, like the stuffed toys were twice as much there then from our local information centre, and all the other stuff, like cheap boomerangs, haha animal biscuits, fridge magnets, hmm I don't go for that stuff, but this koala one spoke to me cos its kinda coin stuff, and I got the same type of oblong copper planchet one from the UK, so now it has a buddy.

found a quick pic of the same type this is what they look like,

Triggersmob · August 28, 2013, 08:47:24 PM

I saw one of those penny elongating machines in Sydney on a recent trip. It was near the Opera house. It was loaded with U.S. one cent coins.

Fulvio · August 28, 2013, 09:16:42 PM

IIRC, the one at the railway station in Lithgow was loaded with 2¢ pieces.

Sapyx · August 29, 2013, 04:48:51 PM

The one on the top deck of Eureka Tower back when I visited Melbourne in 2009 was loaded with copper-plated-zinc blanks, the same size and composition as US cents. Which makes sense, as the machines as imported are designed to work with US cents.

Goldseeker · August 29, 2013, 07:40:12 PM

Those coin flattening expanding machines are everywhere in the USA.

interest · August 29, 2013, 10:31:38 PM

Has anyone seen any funny money regarding the next election?

Fulvio · August 30, 2013, 05:40:48 AM

Quote from: 'interest' pid='26531' dateline='1377781298'Has anyone seen any funny money regarding the next election?

No, but I have a Taxtralia dollar note, overprinted 44-1/2 cents, from a previous election.

runway · August 31, 2013, 10:43:59 PM

Trade Unions used to issue them

lacey · September 01, 2013, 08:48:21 PM

Quote from: 'Australian coin' pid='26413' dateline='1377686990'yep that's why I just got the one, but $2 isn't bad, better than all the other tourist trap stuff, like the stuffed toys were twice as much there then from our local information centre, and all the other stuff, like cheap boomerangs, haha animal biscuits, fridge magnets, hmm I don't go for that stuff, but this koala one spoke to me cos its kinda coin stuff, and I got the same type of oblong copper planchet one from the UK, so now it has a buddy.

found a quick pic of the same type this is what they look like,

I remember a few years back my kids got the same sort of thing from Aussie Zoo in QLD. Wouldn't have a clue where to find it now

runway · September 02, 2013, 10:18:58 PM

Made in China ?