Intresting use of coins [επιλυμένο]

In my family's village in Northern Greece back in the 60's they used the greek 5,10,20 lepta coins as washers because they had almost no value. when I saw there pluming it was interesting how the coins held up and how there's bags of holed lepta they still have and use to this day. They also used the worthless coins as Pocker chips and old hyper inflation banknotes as monopoly style currency in board games.

Do you guys have stores of coins with other use's ?

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Other uses for banknotes or coins is a legitimate (& apolitical) question. In Canada, some people used old copper pennies in their fuse boxes (though I wouldn't recommend it!)

I'll provide 2 more examples below of paper money used in different ways.

I have seen Venezuelans use their hyperinflation currency in different ways. Here's a link to someone getting creative by building a model boat. Another photo of a man using banknotes as wallpaper in 1923 Germany.

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​Other uses for banknotes or coins is a legitimate (& apolitical) question. In Canada, some people used old copper pennies in their fuse boxes (though I wouldn't recommend it!)
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​I have seen Venezuelans use their hyperinflation currency in different ways. Here's a link to someone getting creative by building a model boat. Another photo of a man using banknotes as wallpaper in 1923 Germany.

I have seen this before. The German Hyperinflation currency ​was so worthless - apparently people used it as fuel for a fire at home.

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Hello,
I deleted several comments which were off-topic. Numista is not a place to argue about politics. You are welcome to keep discussing about unconventional usage of coins.

Απόσπασμα: "Xavier"​Hello,
​I deleted several comments which were off-topic. Numista is not a place to argue about politics. You are welcome to keep discussing about unconventional usage of coins.

​Sorry, with due respect my comment was NOT about politics.

Even though I don't think I'm at fault here: I will apologize if I (unintentionally) insulted (or insult) anyone's nation. I'm Canadian & we apologize a lot (for almost no reason at all).

Believe me, I do not equate a nation's coins/banknotes (& subsequent use or disuse of them) with a nation's politics. Over the 44 years I've been collecting, I have had friends & family share with me images/photos of odd uses of coins/paper money so I find the subject fascinating. (I realize hyperinflation is sad & do not intend to make light of that fact). I think it's a sign of human resilience to turn something artistic (or useful) out of anything.

I just found this link on a chap from the UK who makes rings out old sterling silver. I think they're very beautiful & may purchase one in the future.

Here's a less promising example:

Many Canadian Trekky fans test their artistic skills by "Spock-ing" their $5 which will no longer be a possibility due to a new series coming out. I don't think these notes are very beautiful but they have offered me a bit of comic relief whenever I came across one. Cheers!

I can’t know for sure, but back in the early 2000s, the saying in India went that Ferritic steel coins of Re1 denomination were being imported (illegally) into Bangladesh to refashion them into razor blades. I think there must have been some truth to that, but probably overblown as well

Hello! The Greek Lepta coins are not alone. The Philippine 5-sentimo coin (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1684.html) was used as a washer since it has a hole in the middle and is also relatively worthless in value by itself. I've heard people using it as jewelry as well, though I personally have not seen one used as such.

Other than that, any old Philippine coin that has been demonetized by the Central Bank (BSP) is usually the source of metal being molten down for jewelry - considering coins supposedly do not rust in prolonged contact with human hands (ideally). There were also rumors of such coins containing precious metals (Spoiler: they don't) such as the old one-peso reportedly containing gold (it certainly did not) (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3749.html).

The old 5-sentimo coin (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4355.html and https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6122.html), locally known as "singkong bulaklak" (flower-shaped five-sentimo) would be included in talismans as protection against evil spirits.

There’s an urban legend about public bathrooms in 1923 Germany having signs explicitly forbidding people from using the banknotes as toilet paper because the thicker banknote paper would clog the toilets... can’t find any verification for it though. Interesting story nonetheless.

Back in the day, when I lived in Ghana, I saw an American (offcourse...) being arrested for lighting his cigar with a 1000 cedi-note, which did not have much value that time (something like 10 cents). The local police-people considered it a crime of insult...