Flawed Coins

(Santiago, Chile) The General Manager of the Chile Mint, Gregorio Iniguez, has been fired after it was discovered that he had minted 50-peso coins with an embarrassing flaw.

The 50-peso coins - worth about 10 cents (6p) - were issued in 2008, but no-one noticed the mistake until late last year.

Instead of C-H-I-L-E, the coins had C-H-I-I-E stamped on them.

The coins have since become collectors' items and the mint says it has no plans to take them out of circulation.

I think the most embarrassing aspect of the story is that it took a year for anybody to notice the flaw.