foriegn coins

**fimbo** · 25th March 2003

does any one know if i can buy cheap foriegn coins which will work in vending machines cheers

**Detector** · 25th March 2003

trouble is the machine vendors know about this type of problem, however there still is a few coins that you can purchase for say half the value of a uk coin and make a fair bit of cash.

i am on about doing a list of coins and where to get them soon, but be quick as im sure this forum is watched.

**beerman** · 29th April 2003

Originally posted by Detector
British born and bred, Asylum get it all instead

I would say lol, but it's not really a laughing matter.
We're all getting screwed in our own country.

Beerman

**quinnray** · 27th May 2003

For anyone going to Thailand:

The 10 baht coin (worth about 15p)
is very similar in weight and appearance,
to the 2Euro coin..
Apparantly some vending machines fall for it..
R

**old skool** · 8th October 2003

the british mint make a coin for ghana and it is EXACTLY the same coin apart from the stamp and its value (which i cant remember, but a fraction of a pound)
problem is bringing back half a ton of coins in your suitcase!!
I remember loads of suaddies back in the eighties take loads of the olg big 5p peices over to germany with them as they work in the ciggy machines etc over there and you got 20 fags for 15p or summit.