"Rusty" > wrote:
> With my luck, I'll end up with a Canadian penny.

I used to be pretty good about spotting foreign coins in my change, but it's
getting harder. With all the quarter variations and the new nickel, foreign
coins are no longer instantly recognizable. I recently got a dime in my
change and didn't spot that it was from some Carribean country until later.
It had Queen Elizabeth II on it rather than a president (a dead giveaway).
Luckily the newspaper vending machine wasn't too particular about taking it
the next day.

I also got confused recently on a trip to NYC. The subway fare vending
machine gave me my card, but instead of giving me change, it gave me a bunch
of gold colored things. I initially thought what's going on, I thought they
phased out tokens... but they were the (not so) new dollar coin. I had never
seen one before in real life.

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