Have you collected your $10 Commemorative Coin yet? In case you didn’t know, the $10 coin is to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Singapore’s late founding Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, and is dubbed the “LKY100 Coin” for short. For most Singaporeans who opted to buy the LKY100 Coin, they probably intended to keep it as a keepsake, or add it to their coin collection; but for this one Singaporean TikToker, he actually decided to spend it at stores around Singapore! This is how his attempt went down:
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Singaporean TikToker @sethisfy went around his daily life shopping at various establishments like Starbucks, 7-Eleven and local supermarkets, except when it was time to make payment, he boldly whipped out his shiny LKY100 Coin—much to the shock (and awe) of the cashiers.
TikTok: @sethisfy
Judging by the stunned reactions of the cashiers, they probably thought they were being pranked, and after realising he was really trying to pay with the LKY100 Coin, they flat-out refused to accept it as payment. One cashier even commented that it was her “first time” actually seeing the coin in person, and that it was “very nice”. Suffice to say, TikToker @sethisfy did not eventually manage to succeed in making payment with the $10 LKY100 Coin.
TikTok: @sethisfy
In case you were wondering, the coin can technically be used as payment and for deposit at banks, as it is legal tender, as outlined via the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) website:
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So if you’re planning to use your LKY100 Coin to pay at various establishments, you can do so, and the coins should be accepted as payment. In the case of TikToker @sethisfy, the cashiers were likely not used to seeing the coins being used as payment, and were not sure if they could be accepted, which is why they refused payment with the LKY100 Coin. So what do you think—would you use your $10 LKY100 Coin to pay the next time you’re out shopping?
