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Every August 8th

The Australian Penny?

Every August 8th

Seeing that it was 'National Dollar Day', which seems to be a celebration of the American $1 note, and not of the Australian $1 coin, I looked down at my American dollar note in my bookcase, that I bought at a money exchange branch in Australia decades ago, and thought back to my trip to America in 2025, and realized that I never used paper money or coin at all while I was over there.

Every August 9th

I also see that tomorrow is 'National Book Lovers Day' and while I have read the majority of the books on the shelf that the American dollar note is on, I see there are still a couple of books on that shelf that I'm still yet to read.

Books and dollars also made me think of my visit to the Perth Mint last month, where special coins are minted like these Peppa Pig coins advertised on the fence of the mint.

I actually never planned to visit the Perth Mint while I was in Perth, until I picked up a pamphlet in Perth advertising that the mint had a $1,000.000 gold coin on display. 

So, me and my son signed up for the tour to see this coin, which is said to hold the Guinness world record for coins.

It's said to be made out of solid gold.

It certainly was an impressive sight.

I even got to mint my own token coin that was anything but solid gold.

And I got to lift a real gold bar.

And they even put on a show of melting a gold bar down into liquid and remaking it back into a gold bar.

So, it's well worth a visit if you are ever in Perth, I think.

The last time that I visited a mint was 10 years ago in Canberra, in the Year of the Monkey -

Royal Australian Mint (Canberra)

Making a Mint in Canberra

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Every August

At least I won't be forking out for roses this month:-)

Roses usually have pricks attached to them most times anyway;-)

And I can't stand those "reality" TV shows that hand out roses to "contestants".

Osher Günsberg handing
out the roses on TV

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Every August 8th

I haven't been to New York, but I do have a ceramic New York coffee cup that I bought on the old REMO online store years ago, that I use as a pen holder on my kitchen bench.

Every August

It also 'Happiness Happens Month' this August:-)