I expect that the thinking behind 9-cornered, 11-cornered and 13-cornered coins is either to prevent forgery or to boost the local garment industry by wearing holes in pockets.
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12:27pm on Tuesday, 10th October, 2023:
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Here are some oddly-shaped coins that my dad retrieved from gas meters. There aren't so many of these, because the meters were expecting them to be round or 50p-shaaped. I'm amazed the one in the bottom-right was ever accepted.
I expect that the thinking behind 9-cornered, 11-cornered and 13-cornered coins is either to prevent forgery or to boost the local garment industry by wearing holes in pockets.
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