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Woman puts rare coin in meter
A South African woman mistakenly plunked a 100-year-old gold coin worth more than $1,000 into a parking meter while shopping without her glasses, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. "I can't believe I could have done something like that," said the woman, who asked not to be identified.And I can't believe you're so stupid as to comingle ancient gold pieces with the change in your coin purse. Do you even remember how to breathe? The woman said she also believed she had spent an 1890 sovereign, worth a small fortune, as small change, the Cape Argus newspaper said. Hot candidate for Mouth Breathers Anonymous. The woman inherited the gold coins from her mother, but they became mixed up with loose coins she kept in a container and were transferred to her purse by mistake. She told the newspaper she did not realize she had the coins with her and was not carrying her spectacles. She said she thought she put a Kruger sovereign, worth about 7,000 rand ($1,100) in a parking meter in Paarl outside Cape Town. How people like this make it out of the house each morning without choking to death on their own toothbrush is beyond me. Posted by: Zenster 2004-07-24 |
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