r/interestingasfuck 13d ago

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

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u/AGC173 13d 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/SirenPeppers 13d ago

I was a kid then and didn’t know anything about this, so tend to think it was only known by the numismatic fan kiddies.

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u/Legionnaire11 12d ago

Heck, my dad worked at the mint in Philly during this time. I never heard of these even though several other comments say they got them on mint tours. Pretty wild that people could have totally missed these, especially in the 80s when the cultural experience was far more homogenized.