I called two local MickeyDs. The one in WalMart didn't participate, the other one did. The Princess got a Tomato Mozzarella Chicken Sandwich for 5 Euro cents which she quite enjoyed; I got the (SINGLE!) Extreme Bacon Burger with Gouda cheese which was, well,_ interesting,_ but I couldn't wait to get back home and brush my teeth. OTOH, it only cost 10 Icelandic aurar (1971)--how much was that, anyway?
Wonder who at corporate McD is collecting all the change (all the franchisees aren’t doing this for free/cheap there’s some kind of reimbursement from corporate) bet that is going to be fun. Be nice if that person(s) is a collector.
The new sandwiches are delicious and are not like normal McDonald's food (which I hate). My local restaurant had few restrictions on the number of foreign coins you could use (only that each one be from a different country if using more than one in an order). I took my elderly mom and bought 6 of the sandwiches (3 each of the chicken mozzarella sandwiches and Spanish extreme bacon burgers), 2 of the stroopwafel Mcflurries, and 2 of the Aussie cheddar fries. All were delicious, and for less than 50 cents value, I saved almost $60. This is the best promotion ever.
For those that miss the special, the sandwiches are still being sold for at least a couple of weeks or so I am told.
Wonder who at corporate McD is collecting all the change (all the franchisees aren’t doing this for free/cheap there’s some kind of reimbursement from corporate) bet that is going to be fun. Be nice if that person(s) is a collector.
I meant how much is 10 Icelandic aurar. Judging by the tiny size of the coin, it was probably next to nothing!
Wife & I both got McExtreme Bacon Gouda Cheeseburgers (Spain) and Tomato Mozzarella Chicken Sandwiches (Canada) in exchange for 4 Canadian Cents (stopped at 2 different McDonalds on our way home.) 😁
The Cheeseburgers were delicious. — Waiting to have the Chicken sandwiches for dinner...
(Edited at add: The Tomato Mozzarella Chicken Sandwiches we’re also Excellent!! 😁👍)
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
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@cameonut2011 said:
The new sandwiches are delicious and are not like normal McDonald's food (which I hate). My local restaurant had few restrictions on the number of foreign coins you could use (only that each one be from a different country if using more than one in an order). I took my elderly mom and bought 6 of the sandwiches (3 each of the chicken mozzarella sandwiches and Spanish extreme bacon burgers), 2 of the stroopwafel Mcflurries, and 2 of the Aussie cheddar fries. All were delicious, and for less than 50 cents value, I saved almost $60. This is the best promotion ever.
For those that miss the special, the sandwiches are still being sold for at least a couple of weeks or so I am told.
I think you got lucky, it's supposed to be one per customer but they let you stack them(awesome!). I agree though, this sure beats the big mac token promotion as far as value!
I had the Bacon Cheese burger, and thought it was excellent. We did not care for the bacon cheese fries from Australia.
There were four of us and we got one of each items, and an extra stroopwafel Mcflurries, so the kids wouldn't fight over it. Didn't seem like there were many people taking advantage of the deal, which is what I was hoping. Maybe two or three others in the restaurant at the time.
The teller seemed to like the Luxembourg, French, and Italian coins that I used. I wonder if they get to keep them, i believe one of the articles said that each location was going to choose what to do with the world money they collected.
This was a fun promotion, the family all had fun with it.
I had 10 1c euro and got 10 of the bacon quarter pounders with cheese. $56 regular price promo $zero. Glad I got the sauce on the side because it sucks and I figured on freezing most of them.
Thanks Capt Henry!... This forum is great... I have been a member here for a good 10 years and save a lot of money on coins and tips... I took some of my foreign coins and on my way down to my girlfriend stopped in 4 different McDonalds on the way to Newtown Square Pa, from the Lehigh Valley, Penna. Each gal behind the counter had no idea what the promotion was. I had to say " Ask Your Manager please!".. 2 minutes later they came back and took my order for a foreign coin, defunct.
Yeah, in my car was my cooler. My girlfriend was very impressed with my free supper courtesy of Mcdonalds, and this forum!!!
I just came from my local McDonalds. I brought a handful of junk foreign and handed out coins to everyone who came in. Great experience. Everyone was grateful and I had the chance to talk coins with lots of folks. My wife and I had a fun time and the restaurant was happy to accept everyone’s coin.
P.S. The sandwiches were pretty good too.
Wonder who at corporate McD is collecting all the change (all the franchisees aren’t doing this for free/cheap there’s some kind of reimbursement from corporate) bet that is going to be fun. Be nice if that person(s) is a collector.
I meant how much is 10 Icelandic aurar. Judging by the tiny size of the coin, it was probably next to nothing!
This thread is making me hungry.
Had to research the aurar. Pulled from circulation but 10 Icelandic aurar is 1/10 of an Icelandic Krona.
Went at 5:00 to get grandkids happy meals and got a McFlurry. Gave the girl a leftover Kenya coin from my trip last year. She had no clue what was going on. Luckily a McDonalds rep was there explaining the program to the manager, and he took care of it. Apparently nobody was in before me and this was at the end of the deal. By the way McDonalds got the coins they used in the ads from Harlan J. Berk’s store, which is not too far from the McD headquarters.
I got mine today, got the tomato mozzarella chicken sandwich, pretty good, and paid with a Jamaican coin. I had a couple of people stop by the shop to get a foreign coin so they could get a free food item.
Two British pennies and two 2 Czech Kuruna snagged me, my wife and two friends one of each item that we split up so we could try some of each. I think the Double Grand McExtreme Bacon Burger was the best. Yes they did give me the double, costs $6.89 regular price. So..... about $25.00 worth of food for about ten cents worth of coins,
I don't think any of the four would be worth a return trip but it was the cheapest meal I've had so far this week.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
@shish said:
Thanks for the tip Captain, enjoyed a double burger with gouda, my wife had the grilled chicken. All for two foreign coins of no value.
You are quite welcome.
We went around 4 o'clock. No line, but another interesting international connection. We live in a very expensive county, and all of the fast food restaurants have trouble hiring staff. About a month ago one of our daughters and her boyfriend went to this store a little after 9 P.M. and fund it closed two hours early for lack of workers.
Well, the counterman could barely speak English, and had to discuss the foreign coins and how to ring them up with the Manager in their mutual foreign language. I had the chicken sandwich, my wife had the burger and a daughter got the cheesy fries which we shared. All in all, meh.
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I agree with others that this was the best McDonald’s Promotion I have participated in, and that the food was more tasty, better quality, and a cut above what they normally serve.
I guess we could affectionately call June 6, 2019 ”MickeyD-Day” 🤣👍
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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I decided no amount of savings is worth going to McD's................. but good luck to everyone else!
I called two local MickeyDs. The one in WalMart didn't participate, the other one did. The Princess got a Tomato Mozzarella Chicken Sandwich for 5 Euro cents which she quite enjoyed; I got the (SINGLE!) Extreme Bacon Burger with Gouda cheese which was, well,_ interesting,_ but I couldn't wait to get back home and brush my teeth. OTOH, it only cost 10 Icelandic aurar (1971)--how much was that, anyway?
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0.05 Euro is 0.056cents
Wonder who at corporate McD is collecting all the change (all the franchisees aren’t doing this for free/cheap there’s some kind of reimbursement from corporate) bet that is going to be fun. Be nice if that person(s) is a collector.
Offer just not happening here in flyover country.
The McDonald's Assistant Manager asked "What's a foreign country? Like Michigan?".
At least I saved my British five pence.
The new sandwiches are delicious and are not like normal McDonald's food (which I hate). My local restaurant had few restrictions on the number of foreign coins you could use (only that each one be from a different country if using more than one in an order). I took my elderly mom and bought 6 of the sandwiches (3 each of the chicken mozzarella sandwiches and Spanish extreme bacon burgers), 2 of the stroopwafel Mcflurries, and 2 of the Aussie cheddar fries. All were delicious, and for less than 50 cents value, I saved almost $60. This is the best promotion ever.
For those that miss the special, the sandwiches are still being sold for at least a couple of weeks or so I am told.
I meant how much is 10 Icelandic aurar. Judging by the tiny size of the coin, it was probably next to nothing!
@CaptHenway Thanks very much for the heads-up!! 👍
SCORED — SUCCESS!! 🥳👍
Wife & I both got McExtreme Bacon Gouda Cheeseburgers (Spain) and Tomato Mozzarella Chicken Sandwiches (Canada) in exchange for 4 Canadian Cents (stopped at 2 different McDonalds on our way home.) 😁
The Cheeseburgers were delicious. — Waiting to have the Chicken sandwiches for dinner...
(Edited at add: The Tomato Mozzarella Chicken Sandwiches we’re also Excellent!! 😁👍)
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
I think you got lucky, it's supposed to be one per customer but they let you stack them(awesome!). I agree though, this sure beats the big mac token promotion as far as value!
Collector, occasional seller
One sandwich for one dong
I had the Bacon Cheese burger, and thought it was excellent. We did not care for the bacon cheese fries from Australia.
There were four of us and we got one of each items, and an extra stroopwafel Mcflurries, so the kids wouldn't fight over it. Didn't seem like there were many people taking advantage of the deal, which is what I was hoping. Maybe two or three others in the restaurant at the time.
The teller seemed to like the Luxembourg, French, and Italian coins that I used. I wonder if they get to keep them, i believe one of the articles said that each location was going to choose what to do with the world money they collected.
This was a fun promotion, the family all had fun with it.
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We live in a city of 40,000 people and yet, when we got there at 3:30 pm, the cashier said we were the first two to take advantage of the promotion.
I had 10 1c euro and got 10 of the bacon quarter pounders with cheese. $56 regular price promo $zero. Glad I got the sauce on the side because it sucks and I figured on freezing most of them.
What a great deal if you were hosting a tourney winning sports team for a fancy feast
You are what you eat
I crap what I eat, I'm the leftovers
I missed out but I am glad some got to participate.
Well, &^&^$. The website I posted earlier said that the Spanish double cheese-thingy was excluded, so I blew it off.
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
Thanks Capt Henry!... This forum is great... I have been a member here for a good 10 years and save a lot of money on coins and tips... I took some of my foreign coins and on my way down to my girlfriend stopped in 4 different McDonalds on the way to Newtown Square Pa, from the Lehigh Valley, Penna. Each gal behind the counter had no idea what the promotion was. I had to say " Ask Your Manager please!".. 2 minutes later they came back and took my order for a foreign coin, defunct.
Yeah, in my car was my cooler. My girlfriend was very impressed with my free supper courtesy of Mcdonalds, and this forum!!!
I just came from my local McDonalds. I brought a handful of junk foreign and handed out coins to everyone who came in. Great experience. Everyone was grateful and I had the chance to talk coins with lots of folks. My wife and I had a fun time and the restaurant was happy to accept everyone’s coin.
P.S. The sandwiches were pretty good too.
This thread is making me hungry.
Had to research the aurar. Pulled from circulation but 10 Icelandic aurar is 1/10 of an Icelandic Krona.
1 IK is 0.008 USD
0.10 IK is 0.0008 USD
I think.
Back to the food.
Spent 1 Austrian Shilling for the chicken sandwich. It was pretty good!
Collector, occasional seller
Went at 5:00 to get grandkids happy meals and got a McFlurry. Gave the girl a leftover Kenya coin from my trip last year. She had no clue what was going on. Luckily a McDonalds rep was there explaining the program to the manager, and he took care of it. Apparently nobody was in before me and this was at the end of the deal. By the way McDonalds got the coins they used in the ads from Harlan J. Berk’s store, which is not too far from the McD headquarters.
I got mine today, got the tomato mozzarella chicken sandwich, pretty good, and paid with a Jamaican coin. I had a couple of people stop by the shop to get a foreign coin so they could get a free food item.
Jackpot, (burp).
Two British pennies and two 2 Czech Kuruna snagged me, my wife and two friends one of each item that we split up so we could try some of each. I think the Double Grand McExtreme Bacon Burger was the best. Yes they did give me the double, costs $6.89 regular price. So..... about $25.00 worth of food for about ten cents worth of coins,
I don't think any of the four would be worth a return trip but it was the cheapest meal I've had so far this week.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Thanks for the tip Captain, enjoyed a double burger with gouda, my wife had the grilled chicken. All for two foreign coins of no value.
Since so few appear to have taken advantage of the special, hopefully they will run it again and perhaps include some other items as well.
We went & I got the Grande McExtreme Bacon Burger, messy but good.
My wife got the chicken sandwich, she said it was okay.
Then we went back on line & both got the Stroop Wafel McFlurry.
Total cost: 2 Netherlands coins and one Romanian coin & a Canadian cent.
The price was certainly right
BHNC #203
Anyone else go?
BHNC #203
Did anyone slab theirs?
You are quite welcome.
We went around 4 o'clock. No line, but another interesting international connection. We live in a very expensive county, and all of the fast food restaurants have trouble hiring staff. About a month ago one of our daughters and her boyfriend went to this store a little after 9 P.M. and fund it closed two hours early for lack of workers.
Well, the counterman could barely speak English, and had to discuss the foreign coins and how to ring them up with the Manager in their mutual foreign language. I had the chicken sandwich, my wife had the burger and a daughter got the cheesy fries which we shared. All in all, meh.
I agree with others that this was the best McDonald’s Promotion I have participated in, and that the food was more tasty, better quality, and a cut above what they normally serve.
I guess we could affectionately call June 6, 2019 ”Mickey D-Day” 🤣👍
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"