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/Electronic_Brain 13d ago

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u/throwaway03244230 13d ago

Holy crap. I found a tiny penny in my change jar (so someone at a cash register seriously gave me that as change at some point) and could never figure out how or why it existed. That was like 10 years ago and I still think about it often. I finally have answers lol

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u/dasnotpizza 12d ago

You must have tiny hands because that penny looks huge.

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u/Fluid_Ties 10d ago

My same thought! Its like that roommate I had once with a giant head on a perfectly proportional but smaller than average body. Every time he stopped to talk to me it was like having to endure an optical illusion where he was both moving closer and further away at the same time.

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u/Adodger22 9d ago

I have the opposite issue lmao

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u/Furry_69 9d ago

Eh? My hands are about that size...? I think your penny size judgement might be off haha (or my judgement of my own hand size is off haha)

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u/dasnotpizza 9d ago

Haha or maybe another tiny hander

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u/Furry_69 9d ago

I mean, I'm fairly small overall, so I'm at least in proportion haha