Pyramid coin a nightmare for pockets

if anyone knows how id go about etting a few of these shipped to the states, id appreacate the info.

The Isle of Man is not in Scotland.

The Isle of Man isn't in Scotland. It is a strange semi country all to itself. The people are different and the cats have no tails. Think Wicker man and you're on you get the idea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man

I stand corrected. Thanks smfr

So are these coins legal tender? The article didn't really say much about it.

I too would be interested in obtaining one, if anyone knows how.

They'll be legal tender, but the whole point really is numismatic sales, not general circulation. It's the same way with US proof sets sold through the US Mint -- yeah you could spend them, but the face value is a lot lower than the price they sell for, so why would you (unless you are a moron).

The Isle of Man is home to one of the sweetest motorsports events ever, the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race, which has been held there for about 100 years. IF you ever have the chance to catch it on TV, please do -- most exciting race all over the island on closed public roads.

Here's how you get them:

http://www.pobjoy.com/ukworld/section.php?xSec=660

The Isle of Man is a Crown dependency, thus uses teh British Pound Sterling as currency, but they isssue their own coinage & notes. This coin is denominated as "CROWN" which today indicates a £5 denomination (this wasn't the case pre-1990, but I digress).

They'll cost you £12.72 (maybe plus VAT & shipping I didn't get that far) for a 1 CROWN coin. As I said in the prior posting, it's legal currency, but you are paying over face value on account of the numismatic value. If they sell a zillion, it will probably never be worth too much. If it proves unpopular or gets withdrawn for some reason, it will go way up in value... That's the way coin (and stamp and beanie baby and everything else) collecting works...

Wow! So there REALLY is someone named John Smith...

Its just The Doctor passing as a human again.

They will be legal tender, but I have problems spending a legal tender £50 note in England because all the shopkeepers are wary because there aren't too many in circulation. I can just imagine the person behind the tills face when I try spend a triangle shaped coin!

Hmm. You know how painful it is to land on your keys when you fall? Imagine falling on these puppies.

As near as I can tell, the coin is a triangle, and not a pyramid. It's not an actual 3-D pyramidal solid, right?

The Cook Islands also issue a 3 sided coin. Not in general circulation, but legal tender.

The Isle of Mann is a strange place where there is no speed limit and the people are called Manx, the cats have no tails and they used to speak a version of Geallic that had the smallest number of native speakers of any form of the language.

The TT is an insane bike rce and by far the most deadly.

It's capital is Douglas and it has it's own quasi parliament called the Tinwall.

Homosexuality was until very recently illegal and you could be birched (whipped with a abunch of Birch twigs)
for being gay.
The symbol is the triskelion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion

All in all a mighty strange place.

3 sided coins are pretty much the least of the weird.

It looks as though a person could take four of these, and lean them against each other... and form their own little pocket pyramid.