5 cent pieces to be phased out

[*mrgrizz*]

what will i use to scratch my scratchies?

[lionrose.7]

We dont have 5c pieces in NZ.

[cherry*135]

About time they got rid of them.

[lightningdance]

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@*mrgrizz* wrote:

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@j*oono wrote:

Yes.  Keep some lucky 5 cent pieces.

I have about 300 of them in my small change jar if you want some.

Other useful tools.  Guitar plectrums and credit cards.  You can even buy a pick punch to make a plectrum out of your credit card.

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yes donna sells them

thats a name we havent heard from for a while.

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[fourandsixpants]

I occasionally come across the old one and two cent pieces ......when I up-end my various money boxes/piggies scouring for loose change-well one money pig is actually a princess wearing a crown (travelling at high speed in a pink and purple car holding onto her flailing handbag/purse!!).

What I miss since our old coin currencies have been taken out of circulation are the Aussie animals found on the reverse sides of these coins. I remember and miss these guys 😞

e.g. one cent   -  Feathertail Glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)

       two cent   -   Frill-Necked Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)

....and I will miss our Echidna

Composition

75% Copper, 25% Ni Nickel

[annies_fancy_dress]

In which case they should construct a new currency that is 1/10th of the current dollar.

That way 10c will become 1(1c etc) of the new currency.

I don't want to count my money in 100's or 1000's.

[fourandsixpants]

Now this would solve all TA's problems!....introducing a 'new' currency.

[lloydslights]

Bartering?

DEB

[fourandsixpants]

W.H.Y. to swap for all my old 1c and 2c pieces?!!!

[jonnjenn]

Wonder how many people here have found a 2007 5 cent coin with Queen's effigy on both sides. In Uncirculated state they have sold for $5,000.  It's interesting to see some familiar ids still kicking 5 years on .

[imastawka]

Just googled.  You're right.  I'v been spending my time looking for the $1 Queen's head Mule.     Now it seems they're counterfeiting it.

Off to look..................I have bags of 5c coins.     What's my luck?