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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Daniel M. Ryan, post: 1231566, member: 32253&quot;]I have two, although neither of them will work now. Back when Germany was East and West Germany, West Germany issued a 1-pfennig coin that was the same size as a Toronto (aluminum) subway token. I had a couple, as part of a world-coin collection, and I noticed the similarity in size but thought nothing of it. Then, I read in the local newspaper that some people had spray-painted pfennigs to look the same as an aluminum token and were slipping them in collection boxes. Circulated 1-pfennigs sold for a dime, while a token was about a buck back then.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second comes from the mid-1990s. The Canadian one-dollar coin was about the same size as the 50-cent piece. A fellow I knew found out that dropping a fifty-cent&#039;er into a vending machine got him credit for a dollar; the machines couldn&#039;t tell the difference. He had a merry old time with his halves.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone else got any shenanigan stories?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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