What a way to waste an evening
Today my mom gave me a tupperware container full of old coins and one German 50 mark bill and told me to figure out how much they were worth. Apparently, I have nothing better to do with my time, and as I did just that, apparently she's right. Of course, I probably have around ten bucks of coins here, wait, I counted... I have $18.50, not including the four Chinese coins I couldn't figure out. Best coin? 25 cent Dutch coin from 1912, worth two dollars. Most interesting? The British penny and halfpenny from 1898 and 1899 with Queen Victoria on them are pretty neat, the square 1 cent from the "Straits Settlements" (Apparently Malaysia?) and the 1/2 pice from British India are also cool. The 25 para coin from Yugoslavia circa 1938 is neat because I <3 Yugoslavia even if Tito wasn't in power yet... and the Soviet coin from 1933 with the guy holding a hammer was the hardest to identify. (Also, guy with hammer!)
All in all, I didn't do any homework tonight but I made twenty bucks which I will probably never cash in. Also, my Papa had a surprising number of coins from the Third Reich. I guess he was doing more than firing artillery during the Second World War (he must have forgotten to tell me about all the Germans he pickpocketed.) :D
Also, the bill was from a lot printed in Vienna (German- Wiens) so is also called a WIENER bill. Snerk.
An evening spent, if not necessarily well.
Oh, and we went for dinner at the Keg. Mmmrmrmrmrm.
Amanda
All in all, I didn't do any homework tonight but I made twenty bucks which I will probably never cash in. Also, my Papa had a surprising number of coins from the Third Reich. I guess he was doing more than firing artillery during the Second World War (he must have forgotten to tell me about all the Germans he pickpocketed.) :D
Also, the bill was from a lot printed in Vienna (German- Wiens) so is also called a WIENER bill. Snerk.
An evening spent, if not necessarily well.
Oh, and we went for dinner at the Keg. Mmmrmrmrmrm.
Amanda