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Originally Posted by HarryT
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  . |
I guess English isn't English after all. We also have a nickel which is what everybody calls it but the coin itself says "five cents". At one point in history I think the word nickel was actually on the coin itself but maybe it is progress of a sort.
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