1.   ...a shiny metallic coin on a string.

2.   Ms. Caputo, with her platinum bob and starchy-stiff new uniform, stood out like a shiny new coin.

3.   Most people who purchase coins, even strictly as an investment, like to look at their shiny new coins.

4.   Then there was the year you put a bunch of shiny coins in my stocking, but they turned out to be foil-wrapped chocolate things.

5.   A bus ride is now paid for with shiny coins in a new currency, the lari, rather than a wad of grimy Soviet bills.

6.   A bus ride is now paid for with a few shiny coins rather than a wad of grimy, worthless bills.

7.   A bus ride is now paid for with shiny coins in a new currency, the lari, rather than a wad of grimy bills from Soviet days.

8.   But the second time he dug deeper and again hit more shiny coins.

9.   On Tuesday, the crisp euro banknotes and shiny coins will provide tangible proof of the strength of European unity.