Unexpected riches found in change

[FosseWay]

OK, not riches in the true sense as they're not worth any more than face, but you know what I mean...

I've been in the UK all of 3 days and have used coins* three times in that time, and one of those I tendered the precise money. The other two occasions have yielded a Mary Rose £2, two different Isle of Man 50 pences, a 2011 10 pence, 2012 5 pence, a new (to me) variety of forged £1 and a Norwegian krone.

That's more than I've taken out of circulation in Sweden in the whole last six months.

* Also went to the Charing Cross collectors' fair and spent some folding money -- got some interesting bits and pieces, including some transport tokens, which I'll post on here in due course.

[Figleaf]

Always good to be back in that decrepit parking garage at Charing Cross, even though the people there keep telling me that Birmingham has a better weekly market.

Looking forward to those transport tokens.

Peter