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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Ah, another thing we have in common. I guess I failed to notice when I was there since it didn't stand out. But as I recall, not all coins are that way in Britain.
Dale
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No, indeed. Most of our coins have both words and numbers. Eg, a 20p coin has both "TWENTY PENCE" in words around the edge, and a number "20" on the "body" of the coin.
The only coin which fooled me when I first visited the US was the 10c coin, which simply says "ONE DIME" on it, but nowhere tells you what this mysterious "dime" is. I didn't have a clue what it was worth until I asked someone
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