Quote Originally Posted by Ted Crocker View Post
I'm sorry, I didn't describe that well. The coin is almost exactly the same size of a nickle and I have put it in a fob that has a hole the size of a nickle. It's very very slightly larger than a nickle, so I will probably never get it out.

And now that I think about it, I'm not so sure that it is a British coin... but it does have the Queen on it. Maybe I will have someone look at what's on it the next time I go into town.
Then maybe it is a Canadian nickle. On the reverse is our national fish - the beaver. If this is the case then it is worth exactly $.0000987 US approximately. It's funny I was down in Buffalo the week before last. the first time in the States for me for 20 years. Coming back to Canada there is a toll on the bridge. It's fixed at $3.25 US currency or $3.75 Cdn. I was in what currency I was paying as I was handing her the money. Both I replied 3 American $1 dollar bills and a Canadian Quarter! She would accept it unless I had 25 cents in US coins (my tax dollars at work, Yippee). I had to route around in my Coffee funds to pay in Canadian (had no US coins) for the equivilence of 4 cents Canadian .



Slang for 1 cent here in Canada is a penny, what is it in the States?