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Jan 10th 2013, 1:43 pm

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It is cool! I didn't know they did that. Wikipedia tells me they were introduced in 2008, though.. only 4 or 5 yrs ago..

Hmmm, odd. I thought they were in circulation before I left; I guess not.

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Jan 10th 2013, 1:46 pm

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Hmmm, odd. I thought they were in circulation before I left; I guess not.

You Know you have been in the US too long when you no longer remember what your money used to look like?

Jan 10th 2013, 1:50 pm

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Hmmm, odd. I thought they were in circulation before I left; I guess not.

I left in 2005 and they weren't in circulation yet then.

I know, because if they were, I'd have taken a full set over here with me and would have made them into some kind of display

Jan 10th 2013, 1:58 pm

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When you stop trying to convert $ to £ every time you buy something.

I do the reverse when in UK now and think sh*t that's expensive!

You no longer forget to add the sales tax to every price you see.

Jan 10th 2013, 3:32 pm

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When your mum tells you about the cool first day covers that came out and it takes you a while to realise she's talking about the stamps and the sets.

I don't know why she still gets them, habit I guess, but my brothers been dead almost 11 years but he used to collect stamps and she'd send him the sets.

Jan 10th 2013, 3:38 pm

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I left in 2005 and they weren't in circulation yet then.

I know, because if they were, I'd have taken a full set over here with me and would have made them into some kind of display

You know you've been in the US too long when...
your mild aspergers manifests itself as sad coin collecting or some equally creepy obsession.

Jan 10th 2013, 3:42 pm

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You know you've been in the US too long when...
your mild aspergers manifests itself as sad coin collecting or some equally creepy obsession.

I always had some kind of coin collection on the go.

Out here my new one is glass and porcelain power line insulators ...

Jan 10th 2013, 3:45 pm

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I always had some kind of coin collection on the go.

Out here my new one is glass and porcelain power line insulators ...

Just you put those back where you found them.

/Nuteks mum

Jan 10th 2013, 3:51 pm

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Just you put those back where you found them.

/Nuteks mum

I bought the ones I have at an antique shop. I haven't gone on a proper hunt yet but there are a few old decomissioned lines round my way I might try out one day.

Jan 10th 2013, 3:52 pm

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I always had some kind of coin collection on the go.

Out here my new one is glass and porcelain power line insulators ...

Hey I've got a shed full of those too! Now that is perfectly reasonable & healthy!!

Jan 10th 2013, 3:57 pm

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Hey I've got a shed full of those too! Now that is perfectly reasonable & healthy!!

Bloody right. Though I'm not quite at a shed-full yet. One day, maybe.

Jan 10th 2013, 4:17 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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You Know you have been in the US too long when you no longer remember what your money used to look like?

I had no idea how cool UK money is. How can they keep it secret that well, that long?

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I'd have taken a full set over here with me and would have made them into some kind of display

I did that with the old money when I was a nipper. Right proud of it I was.

Jan 10th 2013, 4:25 pm

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I did that with the old money when I was a nipper. Right proud of it I was.

I particularly liked pre-decimal coins. Shillings were easy enough to find in circulation as 5p pieces but I had a nice collection of thruppeny bits and sixpences and a few of the old big penny coins.

Jan 10th 2013, 4:34 pm

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I particularly liked pre-decimal coins. ..... I had a nice collection of thruppeny bits and sixpences ......

Well, sixpences stayed in circulation until, I think, 1978 as a 2 1/2p coin, though no decimal ones were minted. I guess using threepenny bits as 1 1/4p coins would have been a bit too much, though!

Jan 10th 2013, 4:41 pm

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Well, sixpences stayed in circulation until, I think, 1978 as a 2 1/2p coin, though no decimal ones were minted. I guess using threepenny bits as 1 1/4p coins would have been a bit too much, though!

I was born in 1979, so I missed that one. Plus they did away with the 1/2p in 1985 anyway, hence it being easier for me to find shillings.