The World’s First Pyramid Coin? I think not, Professor Moriarty
The Isle of Man is celebrating the “First Ever Triangular Coin” (they call it Pyramid Shaped), via the Thunderdragon.
Nice to see the Queen’s Head on it (how long before that is replaced by the Great Pretender in Scotland?) They say:
John Smith, the general manager of Pobjoy Mint, which is striking the coins, said he was “delighted to launch the first ever pyramid coin”.
A nice bit of ambiguous sophistry (= marketing, which is fair enough) with the “pryamid coin”. Well, it ain’t pyramid shaped, and King Tut wasn’t buried in a pyramid anyway - it was an underground vault.
Unfortunately the claim is overblown. Here we go:
Cabinda, (2005) Source
You may get away with this one, as Cabinda is a country occupied by Angola (a la China/Tibet) or a rebellious province of Angola, depending on .. er .. which side of the coin you come down on.
Bermuda Source
If you are counting angels on pinheads, then you may argue that this one was inflated with a bicycle pump. I wonder why Bermuda would make a triangular coin?
Cook Islands 1992 Source
If you’re really out to be unique, then you could complain about the rounded corners, but here’s the one to clinch the argument.
I give you a triangular coin celebrating Pythagoras.
Uganda Millenium Coin Source
I don’t think that even King Tut would argue with that one.
Wrapping-up
And so back to work.
If it has been a real pyramid shaped coin - that would have been interesting.
These sort of coins should - by rights - be the only legal tender for buying toblerones.
[tags]triangular coin, isle of man, cook islands, bermuda, pythagores, udanda, toblerone[/tags]
