Back in the mid-70s you could use telephone tokens as currency in Italy.
I still have some. I was a bit lira-ey of using them.
>
>What ever you do, do not be fobbed off into receiving Scottish pound
>notes! I have a few of them issued by Bank of Scotland, The Royal Bank
>of Scotland, and the Clydesdale Bank. They are, or were, good for 100
>pennies in the pound in Scotland but take them to England and you'd be
>lucky to get 70 pennies in the pound if anything at all.
>
Chris
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