Back in November, my brother, Mike, and his girlfriend, Stephanie, came across the pond for a visit. It was a very fun visit [different post], if for no other reason because it is 'refreshing' to 'see' the UK through another's eyes ... especially if he's my brother because I kind of get how he thinks. Even so, I didn't see this coming.
So Mike was busy trying to learn and manage the currency. First thing he noticed:it's freaking expensive here, so you don't hold onto the currency for very long and make frequent trips to the Cash Point [ATM] for a 'top up' [more money].
Second thing he noticed: we have a lot of coins here. And we use them. So although Americans have been unwilling to adopt a dollar coin, here in the UK we have a 1£ coin and a £2 coin.
And here you can see the £2 coin and the 1£ coin and the 1£ coin is roughly half the size of the £2 coin.
Now we'll take a look at the 2-pence and 1-pence coins.
You can the same logic applies. They are the same shape, the lesser value coin is roughly one-half the size of the other.
And the same applies to the 10-pence and 5-pence coins. They are the same shape, the lesser value coin is roughly one-half the size of the other.
Which brings us to the final presentation [it's a lot more entertaining when Mike does it 'live']. We have just two coins left. They are the same shape, the lesser value coin is roughly one-half the size of the other.
And so it makes perfect sense that the value of the coins is 50-pence and 20-pence !!! If you're an American, right now you are asking 'where is the Quarter'?
I've been here three-and-a-half years, I never noticed this.
