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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1886130, member: 37498&quot;]A few interesting examples of how coins have been abused and changed are mentioned in Abbie Hoffman&#039;s book &quot;Steal This Book&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Old Icelandic five Auran coins were premium substitutes for quarters in vending machines, and when they were in circulation, their value was much less than that of a quarter.&nbsp; This lead to an exodus of these coins from circulation in Iceland and necessitated a design change.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other, less reliable quarter substitutes, were the Uruguayan ten centismo and the Danish five Ore coins.&nbsp; Dime substitutes included the Malaysian and Trinidad pennies.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if these led to design changes, or if better vending machine design made them obsolete as substitutes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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