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Artist Leaves 15,000 Coins On Ground In London To See How People React, And The Result Surprised Him
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Wednesday, AirBnB host Jamahl McMurran and his guest Lana Mesic, a Croatian artist and photographer, set out to start a social experiment with a huge pile of coins.
It all started when Lana didn’t know what to do with the 15,000 coins that she had left from her previous art installation. Instead of transporting the heavy pile back home, she and Jamahl thought of a better idea… “So my Airbnb guest and I decided to place 15000 2p coins on the canal and record what would happen…. #coinsbythecanal,” Jamahl wrote on Twitter. The results were hilarious! Keep on scrolling to take a look.
What would you do if you saw a pile of coins like that? Let us know in the comment section below!
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AirBnB host Jamahl and his guest decided to start a social experiment with a huge pile of coins
They placed 15,000 coins on the street and waited for people to pass by
Live tweeting everything they saw:
This smart kid decided to fill up his whole bag and the struggle was real
Others just played in the coins as if it were a sandbox
This guy put his umbrella on the pile and shot a Instagram-worthy photo
One biker just grabbed some extra change
Then this guy decided to literally make it rain money by pouring some coins over his head
Sadly, the observations came to an abrupt end when these guys showed up…
They just took it all down to every coin…
What would you do if you saw a pile of coins like that? Let us know in the comment section below!
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Oh no what a surprise. Some people don't dare to take it all because they suspect being filmed and just have some fun with it. And others don't give a fuck as they are not really stealing anything and just take it all. #notreallysurprised. If people would start dropping their small change too and it would become a huge pile. That would be surprising.
Most people wouldn't take it all because they simply couldn'T be arsed to deal with them. Not sure about British banks but most German ones demand hefty fees for taking in large amounts coins - if they take them at all.
Supermarkets here in UK have coin machines that give you notes against your coins... they probably took them to the nearest Tesco.
In the U.S., I've found that most banks will take ROLLED coins and pay on the spot. But if it is used as a deposit and if they find slugs (or other artificial coins, or coins of a smaller denomination than was paid for, they will just deduct it from your account.
My bank in Germany doesn't take my change at all. They closed the cash point. They don't have those machines just the normal bill giving ones ... -.-
Its free to change coins at the bank here in Andorra.... those german banks sound way too greedy... Great project, the kids looked so happy & the guy tipping coins over his head was awesome 👍
I don't understand this desire to piss on people's magic. Who cares if it was a surprise? It was an interesting art project. No one asked for or needs you to be surprised.
I didn t ask People to post it here nor your reply. That s just the nature of the game here.
I haven't read all the comments yet, so I don't know what you mean. But I agree with you that it looked like an entertaining way to drop around $200 she had to do something with.
I will wish on the canal like wishing well. :)
Thinking the same here! Would had wish for more happy ideas like this guy.
Croatian girl.
I'd put a tiny Smaug statue on top of it
nice !
Winner!!!!
Cool idea ;)
Oh no what a surprise. Some people don't dare to take it all because they suspect being filmed and just have some fun with it. And others don't give a fuck as they are not really stealing anything and just take it all. #notreallysurprised. If people would start dropping their small change too and it would become a huge pile. That would be surprising.
Most people wouldn't take it all because they simply couldn'T be arsed to deal with them. Not sure about British banks but most German ones demand hefty fees for taking in large amounts coins - if they take them at all.
Supermarkets here in UK have coin machines that give you notes against your coins... they probably took them to the nearest Tesco.
In the U.S., I've found that most banks will take ROLLED coins and pay on the spot. But if it is used as a deposit and if they find slugs (or other artificial coins, or coins of a smaller denomination than was paid for, they will just deduct it from your account.
My bank in Germany doesn't take my change at all. They closed the cash point. They don't have those machines just the normal bill giving ones ... -.-
Its free to change coins at the bank here in Andorra.... those german banks sound way too greedy... Great project, the kids looked so happy & the guy tipping coins over his head was awesome 👍
I don't understand this desire to piss on people's magic. Who cares if it was a surprise? It was an interesting art project. No one asked for or needs you to be surprised.
I didn t ask People to post it here nor your reply. That s just the nature of the game here.
I haven't read all the comments yet, so I don't know what you mean. But I agree with you that it looked like an entertaining way to drop around $200 she had to do something with.
I will wish on the canal like wishing well. :)
Thinking the same here! Would had wish for more happy ideas like this guy.
Croatian girl.
I'd put a tiny Smaug statue on top of it
nice !
Winner!!!!
Cool idea ;)