tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post6345159578265719037..comments2009-07-22T23:19:18.923-07:00Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957abramsv@gmail.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-91661673554043629782009-07-21T12:39:40.139-07:002009-07-21T12:39:40.139-07:00The camp chimney sweep is my favourite.<br /><br />http://www.bank.lv/images/img_lb/naudas/images/lats/1_ls_skurstenslaukis_rev.gifPangolinOnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04146865368372521762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-52650654610732407842009-07-20T09:33:50.006-07:002009-07-20T09:33:50.006-07:00The Latvian Banks Collector coins are even more strange. Fully valid currency.<br /><br />http://www.bank.lv/eng/main/all/lvnaud/jubmon/nmp/<br /><br />Another wierd story is about the swedish artist who forged 9 pieces of swedish 10 kr coins and spred them into use. They are made out of 10.7 grams of 18 carat gold.<br /><br />http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/vissa-mynt-ar-guld-som-glimmar-1.608380<br /><br />(sorry, it&#39;s swedish but you could try google translate - http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&amp;hl=sv&amp;js=y&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dn.se%2Fekonomi%2Fvissa-mynt-ar-guld-som-glimmar-1.608380&amp;sl=sv&amp;tl=en&amp;history_state0= )chefrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-12011600611053797302009-07-19T02:27:47.495-07:002009-07-19T02:27:47.495-07:00That weird coin is 1 Lats from Latvia (http://www.bank.lv/eng/main/all/lvnaud/coin/1lats/puce/).<br /><br />&quot;An owl fibula is featured in the centre of the coin, with the numeral 1 and the inscription LATS placed on the left and right side of it respectively&quot;.metkerehttp://metkere.com/ennoreply@blogger.com