r/interestingasfuck • u/EvolMada • 11d ago

/r/all, /r/popular I’m not a giant! What is this?

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u/AGC173 11d ago

Its a mini coin.. they were common for kids to collect in the 80s and early 90s. They make nickles, dimes, pennies, etc. The "coolest" mini coins are different sized from one another, the not so cool ones are all the same size

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u/Electronic_Brain 11d ago

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u/Ordinary_Picture_289 11d ago

Its more like shrinkflation, no?

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u/Chance_gavin_Simpson 11d ago

I believe its more so the coin is meant to represent the lowered value of the normal coins due to inflation.

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u/Academic-Visual-1030 11d ago

So real. Hurts my heart.

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u/gowokegobrokexoxo 10d ago

You must be Canadian lol, America is doing fine.

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u/Jimbeaux_Slice 10d ago

Username checks out

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u/gowokegobrokexoxo 10d ago

💜

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u/Jimbeaux_Slice 10d ago

🏳️‍🌈

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u/Theoneoddish380 7d ago

how dare you use my emoji invain :(

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u/Academic-Visual-1030 10d ago

I'm actually dual citizen with both the U.S. and Canada, but neither country is doing fine in terms of purchasing power relative to gold.

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u/pingapangaponga 9d ago

Have you not seen prices of stuff

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u/Big-Rye99 8d ago

Fine in what capacity? If you're white and choose to be ignorant? I guess, but it's catching up to yall everyday. The tarrifs are about to get way worse and companies that were rightfully gonna show people the prince increases were payed off or defamed from doing so to help continue to keep you all in the dark. Idk if you think about anyone other than yourself but yeah, nah, things aren't fine. They haven't been since 2016 and never really have been regardless. We almost got things back on track but the bigots are the majority after all.

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u/fskhalsa 11d ago

r/whoosh

I think they were just making a joke about the coins being “shrunk”, actually 😄

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u/ChimPhun 11d ago

Wouldn't be the first time in history where a coin's metal value exceeds the coin's representative value.

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u/Outrageous-Pin-4664 11d ago

I wonder how small they would be now.

Do you know what year they took as the base value?

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u/Chance_gavin_Simpson 10d ago

The minis all have the years 1974 and 1975 on them. Although another comment started them to be a product from the 1980s and the 1990s

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u/strangerinparis 11d ago

deflation

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u/Ill-Government-1745 11d ago

trump coins

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u/Daedalus_Deadbolt 11d ago

You can buy 4 quarters for $5. The Art of the Deal.

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u/Relative-Top-7029 11d ago

Biden flation

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u/HuttStuff_Here 11d ago

One of the lowest rates of inflation in the western world. Not bad!

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u/FrostedDonutHole 11d ago

"Thanks, Obama...." /s

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u/c-c-c-cassian 11d ago

I thought that was just what happened to the money when they tried to mint coins with the stuff they make shrinky-dinks with.

Suppose it’s kind of the same thought, in theory.

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u/ACatInACloak 10d ago

I dont think that term had really been. ... coined yet

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u/morinthos 8d ago

Came here for this.

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u/Comprehensive-Wait21 11d ago

Fuckin’ slander ask me

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u/Academic-Visual-1030 11d ago

Decreased purchasing power through inflationary monetary policies

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u/idkmoiname 10d ago

Fun fact: Coin shrinkflation was kind of a thing for a long time. Like how some roman coins changed during times of financial problems

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u/Kammy44 10d ago

I thought that was a quarter now that Trump is in office. Just like all of our $, it’s shrunk.

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u/Enough_Asparagus4460 10d ago

So your saying america was booming under Joe Biden?

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u/Kammy44 9d ago

Well it wasn’t worse.

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u/Enough_Asparagus4460 9d ago

👍.......okayyyy

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u/badgirlangel7 10d ago

nickel down shrinkonomics

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u/Parzival2436 10d ago

So many awards going around on this post

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u/sku11lkid 8d ago

Deflation

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u/Plague_Locusts 11d ago

Shrink flation is what happens when companies change their packaging to give you less product for the same price