You may think it’s nothing special, but this penny means something.
To be honest, I don’t know anything about it. I wouldn’t even know what it was, if it wasn’t clearly written. I don’t know if it’s old or recent. I suppose it’s a British penny because, on a side, you can see the image and read the name of the Queen.
It is special because I’ve never been to the UK. Actually, I haven’t been abroad at all.
However, I can easily guess how this coin reached my pockets.
Wrong change.
Yes, the kind of wrong change where it isn’t just the amount to be incorrect, but the currency.
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Question of
Have you ever got foreign currency by mistake?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Do you always pay attention when you’re given change?
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Yes
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No
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Very interesting experience, never given such a change!!!
I sometimes get English coins in my change too. I admit I usually try to pass them on in the same way I got them!
Hehe, I’m not brave enough to attempt “recycling” the foreign currency I get. How often have you been successful with that? ?
Almost always! 😀
I have any number of these in my change – maybe because I’m British and these are precisely what I would expect to get! I have been known to get the occasional US cent in my change – they are the same size and weight.
The inscription reads ELIZABETH II D. G. REG. F. D. 2001 – the initials stand for Deo Gratia Regina Fideo Defensor, this being Latin for Queen by the Grace of God. Defender of the Faith. The latter title was given in the 16th century to King Henry VIII by the Pope at the time, as recognition for his actions on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church. Not long afterwards, Henry broke with the Catholics and made himself head of the Church of England, which every monarch since that time has been. Henry kept the title, although the faith he was defending was completely different!
Wow, thanks for the informative reply! Good to know the meaning of the inscription, and funny story behind the Defender of Faith title. ?
I have 25 kurus (Turkish coin), obtained in the same way 🙂
Were you happy when you found out or thought you were cheated? ?
Happy, because it’s so unusual and the coin that I was supposed to get isn’t valuable anyway 🙂
yeah, that happens all the time. pennies cost the US treasury more to make than they’re worth…
They all look alike and it’s the same here, they were planning to remove them but I guess they forgot. ?
At least they’re useful to not make mosquito eggs hatch in stagnant waters. Copper is antiseptic. Well, pennies have a very little amount of copper, but I’ve heard it works. ?
even trace amounts should do the trick, which is good since there are only trace amounts of copper in pennies these days
It is definitely post WW2, (after 1945) because the Queen’s coronation was on 2nd June 1952. On the penny, she is already the Queen and in her early thirties.
Good to know! Perhaps the 2001, that appears close to the Queen, is another clue. ?
Err – yes! In 2001 the Queen was 75!
Err – Great! Your indexing is finally back on form! Together we can hone and whittle away all ambiguities like self-aggrandizement! LOL.
Very interesting achievement .. is interesting and maybe valuable
Not valuable at all.
A very cool gift you received. 🙂 It could be valuable.
LOL, sounds like something special …perhaps “fun”?
I do keep currency of countries I visited and then at times I accidentally use them … lol
but the sellers are very sharp, they’ll tell me I gave them wrong currency :p
They notice you gave them the wrong currency, that’s a good thing. ?
I wouldn’t have had these experiences if cashiers had been more careful. ?
but well, it’s a pleasant surprise 🙂
An impressive event, Sabtraversa. Then, do you feel lucky or lose with that coin?
In this case, I feel lucky. I never had such a coin before and it was probably mistaken for a cent of little value (we have euros here in Italy). Unfortunately, I also mistakenly got dead currencies, that can’t be used anywhere and anymore, instead of €2 coins. The €2 is the coin with the highest value, worth USD 2,29. That was a loss. ?
I mean coins from dead currencies that I already have. I don’t collect coins but if I were, they would have no value anyway.
As long as you’re lucky, that’s good. For dead currencies, we better wait for it to be called an ancient currency. Maybe until the year 2250.
My great-great-great-grandchildren might benefit from them then. ?
I am not a collector of change. I bring in home and let others sift through it. they love that.
I don’t like the little pennies either, here we call them “lice”. ?
They can come in handy sometimes, but carrying a purse of coins all the time isn’t that pleasant. I just appreciate and keep those with a meaning or nice images.