• FauxPseudo @lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I remember when Lira used to make these bimetal coin in a coin things. I remember someone telling me back in my youth that bimetal coins were made of oils coins so they could cut costs but make a coin that worked in vending machines without having to resize the internal change sorters. I never believed it and never looked it up.

    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
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      1 month ago

      Yes, it was prob my favourite coin from the 90s around Europe (I thought it looked cool bcs of the two metals).

      I wonder if I have some left in some forgotten corner.

      • You@feddit.org
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        1 month ago

        Looked cool and was the first circulating coin to feature Braille numerals - which can be seen in your pic.