When is a penny not a penny?

[keano77]

I've just taken my daughter to a well-known shop on Lordship Lane to buy her some items she wanted.

Both items were priced at ?6.99. I asked the shopkeeper if we could pay for the items separately as my daughter was paying out of her own pocket money and I would pay for the other item. The shopkeeper was happy to do this. My daughter handed over a ?10 note and I made the point of asking her how much money she would get back. We agreed it should be ?3 and a penny. The shopkeeper gave her her change. I then paid for the second item with a ?10 note and the shopkeeper jokingly asked me if I knew how much change I'd get.

We've just got home and my daughter went to put her change in her purse only to realise the shopkeeper had given her ?3 and one US cent change.

I'm sure it was an innocent mistake and we've since been on the internet to identify that the person on the front is Abraham Lincoln. Also, one cent is commonly known as a penny in the US.

So strictly speaking the shopkeeper did give us the correct change. Unfortunately my daughter can't spend it in this country. She's also learned a lesson in checking her change at the time of purchase.

[DulwichFox]

I recieved in my change recently an Australian 2 Dollar Coin in place , I presume for a Slightly

larger UK Pound coin. Queens Head and all.

Might be worth more than a pound ? but a long way to go to spend it..

Fox.

[Drxyster]

Hi Fox,

Australian Dollar, approximately 67 British pence. Lucky you, a small profit made.

As you said, a very long way to go to realise your profit.

[Saffron]

It happens fairly frequently in London, if you check your change carefully. I used to think it was really interesting to get foreign currency on accident when I was a child. Save it for a trip to the British Museum, then place it in their donation box! Every penny helps?! :)

(How do they sort through it all???)

[Salsaboy]

Child labour. They pay them in the currency they collect.

Saffron Wrote:

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> It happens fairly frequently in London, if you

> check your change carefully. I used to think it

> was really interesting to get foreign currency on

> accident when I was a child. Save it for a trip

> to the British Museum, then place it in their

> donation box! Every penny helps?! :)

>

> (How do they sort through it all???)