The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 51, December 16, 2007, Article 30

CRAZY CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM DOWN UNDER: TOKEN/SCREWDRIVER

Dick Johnson writes: "Admit it. You have used a coin -- dime,
cent or other -- on a screwhead when a screwdriver wasn't handy.
Well, they do the same in Australia. A company there, Lee Valley
Tools, has capitalized on this practice and created a coin-size
screwdriver. It has produced something that looks like a coin
but with a big hole in the center, perhaps so you won't mistakenly
try to spend it.

"Actually it is diestruck. It is going to drive token collectors
crazy -- it has created a whole new category of tokens!  What
will exonumismatists call them?  Coin screwers? Coin drivers?
Token screwers? Screw token drivers?

"The company sells a packet of 12 for $8.50 Australian.  Got
any friends you want to give a 71c gift to?

Here's a fancy picture and product description:
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2007/11/08/coinsized_pocket_screwdrivers.h
tml "

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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