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A darkside coin I just had to have...and one that I think every collection is incomplete without...

HTubbsHTubbs Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭
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I actually did buy one of these just for kicks...and my 6 year old niece thought it was really cool. I suppose this is one way to get young girls interested in Numismatics,eh?

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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    I know if I had a granddaughter it would be on the top of my buy list! image
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  • IloiloKanoIloiloKano Posts: 1,051
    Where is Tuvalu?
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  • HTubbsHTubbs Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Where is Tuvalu? >>



    Near Aussie:

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  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,357 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They're a string of isolated, low-lying coral atolls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, due north of New Zealand and due west of New Guinea. Prior to independence, they were known as the Ellice Islands, part of the British colony of the Gilbert & Ellice Islands. Their main income derives from selling coins, stamps and their ".tv" Internet domain. Tuvalu is a "flag of convenience" for the Perth Mint, who are responsible for this concoction (the P mintmark is theirs).
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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    QEII on one side and Barbie on the other. image
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,988 ✭✭✭
    I wonder if the marketing genius responsible for that idea is still gainfully employed. Maybe s/he is now involved in some cabinet level government post somewhere. image

    I can see the appeal of the coin to young girls. My daughter isn't very far removed from her "Barbie phase." IMO this design isn't so far removed from so many of the absurd ones Britain and commonwealth countries are putting out on their modern coinage. This new trend is one of the reasons I stopped collecting British decimal mint and proof sets and sold what I did have already. It's like play money these days. That jigsaw puzzle set of coins they put out was really the last straw.

    I know if I had a granddaughter it would be on the top of my buy list!

    Farthing, aren't your grandkids having kids by now? imageimage
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  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    What a travesty. I just threw up in my mouth. image
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,847 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I just threw up in my mouth >>

    It looks like you hit the reverse of the coin. image

    My daughter would approve of that very much.

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  • BailathaclBailathacl Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭
    Reminiscent of France's dubious "Hello Kitty" series....
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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That coin is u-g-l-y. And this is coming from someone who collects Churchill Crowns.

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,988 ✭✭✭
    Sorry Don, your Churchill crowns are still uglier than that beastie. image
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  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Sorry Don, your Churchill crowns are still uglier than that beastie. image >>



    Close call... close call...
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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i>That coin is u-g-l-y. And this is coming from someone who collects Churchill Crowns. >>




    Yeah, talk about throwing up!!!!!!


    BTW, I think I like the "BARBIE" coin just slightly more than any Panda. image
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,988 ✭✭✭
    BTW, I think I like the "BARBIE" coin just slightly more than any Panda. image

    I think I like the "BARBIE" coin quite a bit more than any Cook Islands Tangaroa phallic symbol coin. image
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  • DBSTrader2DBSTrader2 Posts: 3,498 ✭✭✭✭
    WOW!! A "Hot Babe" on EITHER side of the coin!!imageimage
  • GritsManGritsMan Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭
    I LOVE THIS! My idol and a coin at the same time! What could be better????
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  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    This thread needs a theme song...
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,988 ✭✭✭
    "Tattoo Barbie?" image
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