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MagicMushroomFungi t1_iy8icbr wrote
And cute '25 cent' sized coins with pandas on them from North Korea.
Plus dollar sized coins with Elvis from the Marshall Islands
AudibleNod t1_iy8ilz3 wrote
Stamp collecting is no joke in North Korea.
MagicMushroomFungi t1_iy8k0hd wrote
Lots of colourful issues. This anti- America issue stood out.
Colourful, almost comical, political art dominates many but not all issues.
KypDurron t1_iy9c6j4 wrote
That last one honestly took me a second
7718760119 t1_iybcjw7 wrote
Damn! Claire Foy really has had a meteoric rise to fame, hasn't she?
PhasmaFelis t1_iy8wtlz wrote
I've never really understood how you get from "I like Mickey Mouse" to "I will pay as much as I have to to own any object depicting Mickey Mouse."
LtSoundwave t1_iy9clxw wrote
It’s the crushing reality of the profit-driven, soulless world we live in. Defeated by the relentless pressure to succeed, some of us find solace in presenting our worth in Mickey Mouse memorabilia. Many think those mass-produced trophies of mediocre success will be their only legacy, but the rest of us know it will all end up in the trash to be forgotten. Much like the vast majority of humans who came before us.
whatsajawsh t1_iy9wkd2 wrote
I just like collecting shit
myersjw t1_iyansq7 wrote
If I don’t get to show off a metric ton of MM merch as my status symbol then what’s this all been about?!
Bonmagpop t1_iy8rrg1 wrote
They SELL them as collectibles. They don’t USE them.
CeasarYouLater OP t1_iy9ej12 wrote
Legal tender is legal tender. Whether an individual chooses to use it is up to them.
KypDurron t1_iy9ga15 wrote
Your title specifically claims that the coins are used as legal tender, though, not that they simply are legal tender.
There's a difference between being a thing and being used as a thing.
wene324 t1_iy9sr9k wrote
You're splitting hairs there mate
CeasarYouLater OP t1_iya2kcq wrote
What about people who are pedantic and also use their brain to be pedantic?
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OllieFromCairo t1_iy99ftz wrote
They’re legal tender, which is an important tax workaround. (Tl;dr for tax purposes, they are worth face value, rather than market value; this is not legal advice; consult a certified public accountant or financial attorney.)
There is absolutely no way any of these hit circulation.
KypDurron t1_iy9fujc wrote
Mister Deleted Comment seems to have had a difficult time distinguishing between the concepts of being a thing, and being used as a thing.
palparepa t1_iy99gef wrote
But that destroys their value as collectibles! Oh, the humanity!
Mythoclast t1_iy9aagt wrote
So are my Canadian glow in the dark dinosaur coins. That doesn't mean I'm actually going to use them.
CarltonSagot t1_iy97kxp wrote
#Niue of living
PuffNastier t1_iy9cnnf wrote
I was hoping to find something along the lines of this here
IncelWeeb t1_iy9rzjm wrote
I’ve been to Niue and they didn’t have this, they used the New Zealand dollar as their currency.
e30Devil t1_iy93er7 wrote
That'll be 4 DALEKS.
joemccarthy3 t1_iyaudi2 wrote
They don't use these at all. They license the franchise to produce coins under their government name to private mints.
DoktoroChapelo t1_iy8qxkq wrote
TIL: Elizabeth II was a real life Disney Princess.
Discount_Friendly t1_iya5n8e wrote
It would be funny if they were sued over copyright infringement only to be paid with the coins depicting the character they were sued over
Argaen t1_iy99lns wrote
How do they get around the copyright laws?
Mythoclast t1_iy9d8db wrote
If the government is issuing these coins they either don't care about that kind of copyright law or they don't have them.
striderwhite t1_iy9gwzt wrote
Wait for Disney's army to invade them...
squigs t1_iy9t3fs wrote
It's possible that they simply pay a Licence fee to Disney.
Purplociraptor t1_iy9fasp wrote
Disney and Nintendo do not fuck around when it comes to their IP.
FartingBob t1_iy9h2t2 wrote
I wonder which side a court in Niue would favour? Hmm...
Purplociraptor t1_iy9lz5g wrote
Yeah, that's where it would happen.
Mkins t1_iyb69fk wrote
As opposed to hauling the government(all of them?) Into court in the US?
subsonicmonkey t1_iybtc66 wrote
Why would the US have jurisdiction as to what goes on in Niue?
striderwhite t1_iy9gsa8 wrote
Without paying legal right, I bet.
Owlmoose t1_iyaxhwj wrote
last I heard there were 20,000 Niuean people living in Auckland.
And 5,000 people living in Niue.
litux t1_iybyp0p wrote
I guess that depends on how you determine who counts as Niuean.
According to this article, the nations with the relatively biggest diasporas are the Guyanese (36.4 %) and the Bosnians (34 %).
https://www.statista.com/chart/4237/the-countries-with-the-most-people-living-overseas/
AudibleNod t1_iy8gmdm wrote
Small countries have used this trick for ages. You can get Clint Eastwood stamps from Maldives. Gorillas in the Mist stamps from Lesotho. And Bermuda has a coin from the character of Netflix's The Queen.