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Old 25-10-2008, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by JimmyH155 View Post
At the Royal Mint in Canberra, they have this machine that you can stamp out your very own 1 dollar coin.
You put in a 2 dollar coin and then turn this large handle which operates the press that presses out the blank. So for the princely sum of $2, you can purchase $1
Yep. Been there, done it. And I too stood there with my new $1 coin in hand with the faint suspicion I'd been taken!!!
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