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by mathewsanders 3370 days ago
The old (pre ~2005) New Zealand 50cent coin was a match for 5 franc coin in Switzerland (~5USD). I knew postgrads that would always stock up to use in vending machines, after finding that out I've always been curious to know how much research a mint does to prevent this from being possible.
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>I've always been curious to know how much research a mint does to prevent this from being possible.

At the Canadian/US mint, seemingly zero.