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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 24658845, member: 86815&quot;]Of course a serrated coin was a deterrent to swallowing.</p><p>My late friend who was the Master of the Royal Mint told me many stories about the ingenuity of the dishonest. Employees have to enter and leave by metal detectors.</p><p>The Royal Mint at Llantrisant is surrounded by security fencing. An astute security guard was interested to see someone in a metal field metal detecting. After several Saturday viewing this , the guard walked to the field perimeter and checked the registration plate of the car of the metal detector enthusiast. The plate belonged to a mint employee and it was revealed that on his tea break in the early hours on a night shift he was using a catapult ( sling shot ) to shoot pound coins into the field.</p><p>In those days around $2000 dollars a week!.</p><p>The wit of man often outwits security.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571551[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571552[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Laur. head of Jupiter right , SC behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Appears to be the principal coinage of the faction opposed to the return of Sulla to Rome. Balbus strikes as praetor by special decree of the Senate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Victory in quadriga right holding wreath and palm. Control letter M below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Try swallowing a dozen of these.......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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