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I Can’t Stop Watching This Coin Rolling On A Treadmill
A man named Parker Reed has uploaded an hour-long video of a coin rolling on a treadmill. You’re sceptical. It’s OK. I was too. But then I started watching, and I haven’t yet been able to stop. You won’t be either.
These Fantastic Doctor Who And Transformers Coins Will Be Legal Tender In New Zealand
How is New Zealand not one of the coolest countries on Earth? If doubt, well-fortified in a keep made of discard neurons, continues to reside in your mind, then these promo coins from the NZ Mint featuring Doctor Who’s TARDIS and the two leaders of the Transfomers should do the trick.
This Universe’s Most Expensive Coin
This is the most expensive US penny in the universe. It’s now on Mars, after an exciting $US2.5 billion ride.
No, Samsung Did Not Pay The Apple Patent Penalty In 5c Coins
There seems to be a misunderstanding here, everyone. There’s a story going round that Samsung paid the $US1.05 billion penalty set by a US court for copying Apple gear by carting 30 truckloads of five-cent coins to 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino today. Let’s stop talking about this right now. Set course for using our common sense, warp factor 11…engage!.
30-Year Quest Ends In $15m Treasure
Thirty years ago, a farmer found a few Iron Age silver coins while working on his land in the island of Jersey, off the coast of Normandy. Now, after combing the soil with metal detectors for three decades, two treasure hunters have found a hoard of silver and gold coins, the biggest of its kind, valued at $US15 million.
Glow-In-The-Dark Dinosaur Coin Is Actual Legal Tender
Totally making up for the utterly annoying one and two dollar coins, the Royal Canadian Mint has created a series of limited edition glow-in-the-dark quarters featuring the likenesses of dinosaurs discovered in the country’s western provinces.
Watch A Guy Magically Balance 3000 Coins On Top Of A Dime
I don’t know how this guy managed to build a 3118-coin coin tower on top of a 10c coin on the corner of a table but boy did he do it. It took him seven hours, over 200 dollars in change, plus some presumably insane weed-smoking to pull it off.
Tiny Pacific Island Mints Legal Star Wars Coins
Niue may be a small island nation in the middle pacific, but collectors around the world are lining up for the country’s upcoming Star Wars coins depicting Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and Princess Leia, amongst other characters. And get this: the coins have boxes with sound effects, like a jet taking off for the Millennium Falcon coin.
The Dutch Are Making QR-Coded Coins. Seriously.
