This looks like an innocent haul of sweets but was part of
an international financial scam.
Prior to a bike & camping trip to Holland & Germany
in the summer of 1983 I learned that the UK 5 pence coin was the same size as
the German 1 deutsche mark coin. This was worth 25 pence and so I collected a
pile of 5p coins to take on the trip.
The sweets came from a vending machine in an autobahn
service station. Since then the UK introduced a smaller 5p coin and Germany
adopted the Euro.
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