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Golden predecimal penny for just €4.95!

MrThrifty · 2011-10-10 11:48:56

I kid you not. Received a special reservation in the post just now apparently issued by the Dublin Mint Office to every household in the country offering the opportunity to purchase the above coin for just €4.95, offering a saving of €25! Would someone tell Dublin Mint that the boom is over, and if they're finding it quiet…

10-10-2011 11:48am

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MrThrifty

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I kid you not. Received a special reservation in the post just now apparently issued by the Dublin Mint Office to every household in the country offering the opportunity to purchase the above coin for just €4.95, offering a saving of €25! Would someone tell Dublin Mint that the boom is over, and if they're finding it quiet nowadays, then it's time to let people go rather than waste what presumably is our money on some off the wall idiotic idea...

I'm no good at attaching pics so I'll let someone else do the honours here. Seeing is believing and all that...

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#2 10-10-2011 12:04pm

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MrThrifty wrote: »

Would someone tell Dublin Mint that the boom is over, and if they're finding it quiet nowadays, then it's time to let people go rather than waste what presumably is our money on some off the wall idiotic idea...

They're a registered company, nothing to do with the actual mint, so our money isn't being wasted. There's a thread on the Investments & Markets forum about them.

People like shiny things.

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#3 10-10-2011 12:05pm

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Jaysus!

Only in Ireland could you go to 'Spend a Penny' only to find it actually costs €4.95!

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#4 10-10-2011 12:19pm

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There's a few threads about this and this particular private company, so I'll lock this as it's not a bargain anyway.

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