Pennies for Antigua
3/2 '21
My change included several hexagonal brass coins that were called pennies after the currency revaluation. They had collectible reverses, including such states as Hawaii and Antigua. I had purchased water in comically-small one-ounce bottles. A teenaged beggar asked me for one of them.
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I went to Antigua once. It was a business trip that thankfully didn't pan out, the whole concept of offshore banking made my skin crawl. The intriguing things were just beyond my grasp on that trip because of the schedule and the company I was keeping. But I did see some sort of traditional British colonial judicial ritual unfold in the street. And at the airport, grasping for an authentic souvenir, I found just one: a sampler of local candy.