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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 21:10:07 JST goatsarah

   This is a 50p that was minted to celebrate the UK joining what became the EU. It was minted in my birth year, and my mum gave it to me shortly before she died of cancer in 2021. It is one of my most treasured possessions.

   It has 12 hands linked in a circle to symbolise the then 12 countries of the European Community. One of them is smaller, representing the hand of Queen Elizabeth II.

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     will-h (flangey@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 21:14:49 JST will-h

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     @goatsarah I had one of these coins as a kid, I had no idea. Thanks for the info

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     𝓦𝓲𝓷𝓷𝓲 🏍🌬️:mastodon: (winni4u@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 22:04:27 JST 𝓦𝓲𝓷𝓷𝓲 🏍🌬️:mastodon:

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     @goatsarah
     Thanks a lot for this 👋😃

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     Susan Lewis (susanlewis@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 22:05:24 JST Susan Lewis

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     @goatsarah can I just have a Picard moment and say I only see nine hands?

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     Simon Waldman (swaldman@mendeddrum.org)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 22:06:13 JST Simon Waldman

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     @goatsarah I've had those coins! I never noticed the smaller hang, nor knew the significance.

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     Eragon (eragon@pl.eragon.re)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 22:07:11 JST Eragon

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     @goatsarah The fact that the hands seems to represent the hands of each country leader it really cool.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 22:08:10 JST goatsarah

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     • Susan Lewis
     @SusanLewis twelve, nine, same diff 😝
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     Hobbits Wife (hobbitswife@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 05:33:02 JST Hobbits Wife

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     @goatsarah pretty sure we had this one - only it got stolen along with our foreign coin collection (wasn’t worth much, just keepsakes). Nice to hear the story behind it cos I didn’t know.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 07:19:37 JST goatsarah

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     • Niavy :bearn: :verified:
     @niavy Bah
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     Niavy :bearn: :verified: (niavy@masto.bike)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 07:19:38 JST Niavy :bearn: :verified:

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     @goatsarah you mean 9 hands ?

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Oct-2023 02:57:48 JST goatsarah

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     • Kris
     @kris Being stupid is like being dead: the subject doesn’t realise, and it mainly causes problems for those around them.
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     Kris (kris@theres.life)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Oct-2023 02:57:49 JST Kris

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     @goatsarah

     In that time European Community was nice and make us dreamed.
     Now it has changed. No democraty only neoliberalism. Only Rich and poor people are less than nothing. My dream now is that EU colapse and people win and democraty will be back