11 January 2011

My Twenty Cents Worth...

Australia has a new commemorative 20 cent piece. 'Ooh', you must be thinking, it must be celebrating the anniversary of a defining moment in our country's history or perhaps to honour some worthy dignitary or even a selfless volunteer group that's donated time and money to helping others.
WRONG!

The coin commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Australian Taxation Office.
What's next - a coin to celebrate the anniversary of the GST?

Why would they mint this? Who really cares?

The coin does not even have the benefit of being aesthetically pleasing. It looks as though it has tape-worms crawling over it...

I should think that considering it is honouring the Tax Office the 20 cent coin should only be worth about 12 cents...
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousThursday, 13 January, 2011

    Prob should be 18c making it 20c including gst.

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  2. 3rddesignWednesday, 02 March, 2011

    Lol! But anyway, this coin is another collection of mine.
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  3. DanMonday, 07 March, 2011

    Why not make a 30c commemorative coin to make it easier for the bulk of Australians (who fit that tax bracket) to pay their taxes?

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  4. AbbieThursday, 05 May, 2011

    Funny as I pulled one from my purse the other day, saw it was 'special' so was about to put it back in my purse (not all that sure why I tend to do that) - but then I saw what it was for and happily handed it over in exchange for a cup of coffee!

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