Thursday, October 27, 2011

Genuine coin of the realm

Wouldn't mind having a piggy bank full of these.

11 comments:

rinardman said...

That gives a whole new meaning to "small change".

mojo said...

What a stunningly dumb idea. A $1 MEELION dollar coin.

Sure, carrying it requires hydraulically-operated pants, but that's what the government hydro-pants program is all about, eh?

and getting change? Forget it.

mojo said...

JP sneers: "Dollars, mind you, not even pounds..."

Paco said...

Mojo: Heh!

JorgXMcKie said...

@Paco, that'd be one damn big piggy bank.

Anonymous said...

Tie me kangaroo down! I'm with mojo, this is a stunningly dumb idea. There are easier ways to get in the record book. Can't you hear the OWS crowd, "Capitalist pigs! Proof of their greed! That could have ______! (man!).

BTW, were there carbon credits for the production of this monstrosity?

Deborah Leigh

Albury Shifton said...

That altruistic charity, "Project All-your Coins Our-way", must be rubbing it's hands with glee.

Paco said...

Albury: "Remember: we treat your money like it was our own".

Mwahaha!

Minicapt said...

Easier ways to get into the record book?
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20118857-503544.html

Cheers

John A said...

That portrait of the Queen is terrifying. Either the artist is rabidly anti-monarchy or he used a pic of her telling off the Prince of Wails. Or both.

Anonymous said...

And why would it take 18 months to create? Was it somebody's hobby, or did that somebody milk a government job 10 times longer than it should have been?

ooooOOOOOOOH! It makes me so mad.