The new Lennon £5 coin
Michael Gerber
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Nice our boy made it onto a coin and all, but it doesn’t look like him to me. More like Queen Victoria.
Somewhere, John is looking down and saying, “Couldn’t they have made me a little skinnier?”
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Comment from A Tiny Revolution
oh I know! the coin looks absolutely nothing like John. blah.
and the photo which it’s based on, the lighting’s makes half of his face look rounder and fuller than the other half :S