As our wonderful but far more serious sister site Caboodle.hu pointed out minutes ago, the Ft 1 and 2 coins are being withdrawn from circulation tomorrow, or in less than twelve hours. Got a giant jar of them lying around? Well, don’t run down to your local éjjel/nappali, as technically you can only spend up to Ft 50 worth of small coins at a time, and they should be in rolls. Tabloid of record Blikk tested this out, trying to pay with three kilograms of small coins collected in a plastic bag at several stores. They found that small stores accepted the bag of coins as payment, but at the larger stores, cashiers got angry and sent them away. So, with time ticking, we’ve assembled a list of methods to dispose of put your coins to good use and value!.
Give them to charity. The coins will still be exchangeable at banks and post offices for another six months, so you can dispose of them and feel all warm inside.
Give them to the homeless. Instead of ignoring them as most of us do, give them some change, which they are very likely to recirculate into the economy of the immediate vicinity.
Go down to a park where skater kids hang out and destroy property and throw them in front of their wheels, causing them to fall and injure themselves, thereby saving public property and the local government money as well. You’ll also be helping the local economy after they need to pay visit fees to see a doctor, and no one likes those punks anyway.
Use them to redecorate your bathroom. They’re cheaper than tiles and waterproof!
Go into a store and insist on having three or four transactions so you can spend up to Ft 200 in small change. You get bonus points if the cashier’s threats of bodily harm leave you unphased.
Have a creative bent? Make toys for the all the children in your family. Show them who you like best by giving your favorite the one made out of the Ft 2 coins.
Throw them at the Ministry of Health building and announce you’re paying your doctor visit fees in advance. Just don’t take an Árpád-striped flag with you.
Find a fountain and dump a bag of them in there. When others give you funny looks, insist you could really use some good luck right now.
Throw them at pigeons. No one will challenge you on this. But if they do, say you work for the local government and are helping to keep the city clean.
When being chased by kontroll, throw them behind you to slip them up. Irresponsible and dangerous? Highly. But if you’re already being chased by kontroll, you’ve already proven that’s not something that would concern you.
Keep them and find a shady scrap metal recycler, since the damn things are worth more for the metal they contain than their value as currency. He can probably squeeze you in between the statues he’s occupied with.
If you’ve got any of your own ideas, we’d love to hear them.
Drill holes in them and use them as buttons. Its cheaper than the real thing.