M R wrote: > Different shapes for coins is a very good idea. > > They could have made in > Round : 1 cent, 10 cents & 1 euro coins > Square : 2 cents, 20 cents & 2 euro coins > Hectagon : 5 cents & 50 cents coins
the sizes are a mess! ever seen Euro coins? bye > > Atleast they have different colors for different sets > of coins and that is good. > > Madan > --- Terry Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Michael-O wrote: >>> CONCLUSION: >>> French were always more sophisticated than English. >>> >>> Have you ever seen English money, then you >> undersand why only >>> this nation could have invented the FFU. >> >> English notes are not as colourful as French Franc >> notes. In that respect, >> the French love of beauty triumphs over the >> anglo-saxon. However, I enjoyed >> Dutch guilder notes more than the French ones. >> >> Incidentally, British coin designs were considered >> seriously as a model for >> some of the euro coins. This was not for their >> beauty, but for their >> pragmatism. The mix of circular and many sided coins >> (20p, 50p) is an added >> dimension of shape that increases discriminability. >> Several other countries >> inside and outside the EU had highly discriminable >> coins, including the >> Spanish coin with a central hole. >> >> Unfortunately the conservatives won and euro coin >> are all flat discs. >> Apparently the vending machine industry was set >> against non-circular shape. >> The compromise was a variety of edge effects. It is >> odd that this pressure >> does not have effect on the British coins which have >> the useful property of >> being many sided but also constant diameter. >> >> www.money.org/0204friedbergarteuro.pdf >> >> www.euro.fee.be/Europapers/europaper37.pdf >> >> >> The British did not invent FFU, so we cannot be >> blamed for the stupidity of >> it. However, we stubbornly have retained it too long >> and that is not good. >> Since Britain is an island, we are also >> (unfortunately) isolationist in >> outlook. The joke British headline says: >> "Storms in the English Channel, Europe cut off!" >> > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
