# Check out the shiny new British coins

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-shiny-new-british-coins/443787>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 3, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-shiny-new-british-coins/443787 "2008-04-03T13:32:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-shiny-new-british-coins/443787/41 "2008-04-05T17:04:07Z")

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[QUOTE=GorillaMan]  
They could cook them, too. Except they’d need to discover fire first.  
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Why do you hate humanity, I mean the Welsh 😛

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**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-shiny-new-british-coins/443787/42 "2008-04-05T21:59:06Z")

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By a strange coincidence, I received three British pennies in change today. (This is strange because I am in Florida.) I have to say that the older style is a lot more pleasingly symmetrical, although the symbolism is lost on this Yankee\*-- what is that thing, the Royal Waffle Iron? Whatever it is, it’s probably more representative of Britain than “a leg and part of a harp.” Anyway, even if it’s not a waffle iron, it makes me think of waffles, which is good. “A leg and part of a harp” makes me think of Harpo Marx’s legs. This is less good than waffles.

\*admittedly, I’d also be hard-pressed to explain the design on the reverse of the U.S. dime: “It’s… er… symbolic of the American tradition of using Olympic torches to burn our weeds. Very historically resonant. Paul Revere signaled the approach of the British forces using only a horse, a torch and a handful of weeds.”

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-shiny-new-british-coins/443787/43 "2008-04-05T22:17:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Terrifel]  
By a strange coincidence, I received three British pennies in change today. (This is strange because I am in Florida.)  
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Not all that strange, Florida ranks IIRC fourth in British tourist destinations, after Spain, France and Italy. Something to do with some guy called Walter, I think.

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