Obscure Currency

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Those weren't technically coins, though they were used as currency. I don't think the US ever honored them though.

perhaps not, but there were plenty of people willing to exchange cash for 'em

if you tried to buy a soda with a stone from Yap, I would be interested in hearing from you - I collect money and have been looking for a rai for a long time. what does it weigh?

Are that all official currencies? The 'XY something dollar' ones?


Euro cent are obscure? That cracked me up in the very first moment. I have tons. Naturally.

I think dollars are obscure to me. I know what a one dollar note looks like...

I was like, huh, do they have coins in the US??

They used to use playing cards as currency

I have had coins and notes from Gibraltar, the Isle of Man (both from trips there) and Jersey. Spending non-UK sterling notes in UK shops would be nigh on impossible; hell, many English shops won't accept Scottish and Northern Irish banknotes!

I've seen rectangular coins, once and I think they were from Denmark.

I usually change to Bank Of England notes
when I cross the border in order to avoid any awkward situations.The silliest example
I've heard of was when a London Branch of
a Scottish bank refused to accept Scottish notes (printed by their own head office) .
I've got a Northern Irish note which I like as
it seems to be made out of plastic rather than paper.
I also have a Massachusetts Bay Transport
token which could pass for a pound coin
in unscrupulous hands.

Once for a Halloween party I dressed up as a USA Confederate General (Civil War era). Before getting to the party I popped into a shop for some film, and the blike behind the counter asked me "Yer not going to pay for this with Conferate dollars, are you?"

Wished I'd thought of that ! !!

We used to have 50 cent pieces here
and 1 and two dollar bills
the one dollar bills phased out before I was born, but I remember the 2 dollar bills quite well
I have all sorts of old coins

I do it all the time and hate it. One gal said they didn't accept gold coins. It was a Sacajawea dollar coin. I asked to speak to her manager, eventually she got him and he said yes they do take gold coins. I don't know what that girl's problem was, it's US Currency.

Most of the strange currencies I have are from my dad. He's real into money. For christmas he gave me 2 dollar bills. Well, I didn't hesitate to spend them all just like those Sacajawea and George Washington dollar coins. I get pi**ed if they don't accept them b/c like I said, it's US Curency or they wouldn't make them.

I've never tried that. LOL.

Used to have a buffalo nickel.

I don't really own any obscure currency. The closest is a few American coins that occasionally get mixed in with the Canadian ones, but no one here seems to notice or care about it.