Ah. I thought for some reason that you had circulation $5 coins in Australia; I didn't realize they were commemorative (and expensive).
http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/5-sterlin ... rod1110004]We have that sort of $5 coin in Canada, too...
(Edit: And we have http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/0.5-g-fin ... prod980010]a gold coin that almost anyone can afford to buy, too. The photo on that page is slightly misleading, though - it's about the size of a dress shirt's button. Don't sneeze when you're holding it...)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/5-sterlin ... rod1110004]We have that sort of $5 coin in Canada, too...
(Edit: And we have http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/0.5-g-fin ... prod980010]a gold coin that almost anyone can afford to buy, too. The photo on that page is slightly misleading, though - it's about the size of a dress shirt's button. Don't sneeze when you're holding it...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012