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*slapping myself on the wrist*

Ummm... the answer's still no, whatever way I look at it.

We do have dodecagonal 50c coins. The obverse looks ok. I didn't recognise the reverse, but 50c coins are less commonly used in circulating currency than 20s (because they're awkward to handle), and they're more commonly used for commemorative editions (because there's an odd "specialness" about them), so I wouldn't rule out the possibility that I just hadn't seen one. So I checked out the RA Mint website to see if it's on their list of minted coins. I can't see a verbal description that matches the picture, and there's no listing for 2004 special edition mintings anyway. I don't know if that's definitive - I've never had cause to investigate the normal workings of the Mint before. So that all leaves me a bit puzzled.

And I can't say I've run across a coin of any description that acts so directly as personal introduction to the Prince of Darkness, though I've heard it argued that coinage in general has that property.

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How are you, anyway?

I've spent the last three weeks working punishing hours, and I'm perhaps a little giddy with the release of pressure that comes from returning to a more sane schedule. (Does it show?)


Eileen