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| | iconocla.st -- a weblog by Schuyler D. Erle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) |
 | | The thing that looks like a quarter is actually a 10p coin, but, if exchange rates continue the way they are headed, it will be worth almost a quarter. |
 | | The thing that looks like a penny actually is a penny, and the thing that looks like a penny, only much larger, has almost certainly got to have the lowest actual value to surface area ratio of any coin in the Western world. |
 | | St. George is remembered for having slain a dragon, St. Andrew is known for having been crucified in a particularly uncomfortable fashion (hence, the shape of his cross), and St. Patrick, of course, is famous for having rid Ireland of its snakes. |
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