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Lego Dubloons
A three millimeter wide gold coin from a Lego pirate chest goes for 10 cents on Bricklink.com. I just sold one today... a "40" dubloon piece, to be specific. It makes me think that we should accept lego coins as legal tender. They're much lighter weight and thus easier to carry, which is good considering the current rate of inflation. For a handful of pirate coins, you could buy yourself a cable router. Of course, counting them out would be a nightmare...
I wonder if little kids know that they're holding several dollar's worth of coins when they fill up their pirate ships with plastic dubloons. Maybe it would encourage them to hoarde the gold all the more. Or maybe they already know... what an adult sees as valuable, a kid sees as ten times more valuable... because heck- I'd choose a pirate ship full of dubloons over a few more dollars any day.

Created By: amos 3/20/2006 12:13:00 AM


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 > Guest 6/21/2023 9:20:47 AM
Incidentally, a doubloon today (2023) is now worth about $.60. Perhaps would have been a good investment?