WC2024: Local coin, currency, and stamp.

[Comrade Renski]

South Africa, Port Elizabeth.

[BigMark]

EMPLOYMENT PROHIBITED!

[Comrade Renski]

Cape Town, S.A.

[Comrade Renski]

St. Helena

1 USD = 0.79 Pound

United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies › British Overseas Territories › Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha › Saint Helena

The tortoise on the 2003 5 Pence, Jonathon, is still alive at 192 years old. We saw him at the Governor's House in St. Helena. He's the oldest living land animal to date. The Jonathon 5 Pence was minted for St. Helena from 1998-2006. Jonathon was only 166 when the coin was first minted.


1984 One Pound - edge lettering says "COLONY OF ST HELENA". Beginning 2006 - "ISLAND OF ST HELENA".


One Pound (top to bottom) 2003, 1984, 2017. The 2017 Pound makes no mention of St. Helena, instead it's a 5th portrait, Nation of Crowns British Pound. 2017 Reverse - An English rose, Welsh leek, Scottish thistle and Northern Irish shamrock emerging from one stem within a royal coronet.


Two Pounds - 2002 & 2003. Both say 'St. Helena + Ascension'.


2002 TWO POUNDS (top) is a 500TH ANNIVERSARY (of St. Helena & Ascension) coin!


The top bimetallic Two Pounds has inscribed LOYAL AND FAITHFUL while the lower nickel-brass Two Pounds has 500TH ANNIVERSARY.



This research was a lot of fun. I was mainly interested in getting the Jonathon Giant Tortoise 5 Pence in change (from a local Jamestown coffee shop), I dint realize the other circulated coins I'd find more interesting.

[Rollo Tomassi]

Will you be setting foot on any leper colonies that issue coins?

[Comrade Renski]

Will you be setting foot on any leper colonies that issue coins?

No, I will not. Thank you for your concern.

[Comrade Renski]

Fun Fact: Jonathon was 50 years old (1884) when he was moved to St. Helena. He originally came from Seychelles.

[BigMark]

[BMatt]

That turtle kid said that live on air when I was directing the newscast here in Portland.
I remember it well... I said to my producer "what did that kid just say?... I like turtles?"

[BigMark]

He said toidels.

[Comrade Renski]

Brazil

1 USD = 4.96 R$

[surfinx]

Rolling in the deep (dough).

[Comrade Renski]

Rolling in the deep (dough).

I wish, but I got ripped. I needed smoe Brazilian Bongo Bucks since weez be in Brazil for two weeks for tipping and what-nots. I saw peoplez using the ATMs in the cruise terminal in Rio; I figures I'll get 500 Reis, should be about $100 plus a few bucks for ATM use and international fees. The total came to $136.32!

Access Fee - R$ 49.90,

plus

Exchange rate markup - 14.93%.


In all my years of globetrotting I've never seen that combo - seen one or the other. Usually I pay everything with cc, best rate around. We've done so much stuff on this cruise that requires local cash, so I needed to bite the Bongo Buck Bullet to have smoe cash on hand.

On top of it all, my bankski charged me an addition $2.29 for two fees.

[surfinx]

Youse got da hose!

[FatMan]

Smooth transaction. Did it come with a stick up the ass?

[TRx]

that's taking it in both ends at the same time

[BMatt]

What's the big deal? Just buy one less drink mebbe?

[Comrade Renski]

Barbados

1 USD = 2 Barbadian Dollars.

Comrade Renegade was hoping to catch a Whale Dollar, hooked two.


The red bottle cap above is from my Banks Caribbean Lager.


Coin unknown.

[surfinx]

why such an angry face?

[Comrade Renski]

why such an angry face?

dis betta?