> I think that our Queen Beatrix will figure on the Euro coins too, > > Han To my understanding the coins will be interchangeable in all countries using the Euro, regardless of whose symbol is on the other side. I wonder, if people are going to refuse to accept coins that don't have their national symbol on it, the way that some stores in England will not accept Bank of Scotland pound notes, even though they are supposed to be of equal value and interchangeable with Bank of England pound notes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: June 8, 2001 14:10 Subject: [USMA:13588] Re: http://election.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=76500 > I think that our Queen Beatrix will figure on the Euro coins too, > > Han > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Louis JOURDAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 7:26 AM > Subject: [USMA:13533] Re: > http://election.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=76500 > > > At 22:14 -0400 01/06/6, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 2001-06-06 20:46:31 Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > This article suggests that Tony Blair will launch a campaign to sell the > UK on joining in use of the Euro. > > I hope he succeeds. That will tie the UK to the EU more completely, > presumably to SI too. > > Norm > > That would be ironic. UK without HM The Queen on the money, but Canada > with. > > Carleton > > Not sure : euro coins have one side identical whatever the country > issueing them ; the other side is specific to the country. E.g. > French coins bear the "Marianne" picture, as a symbol of the French > Republic. Nothing will prevent the British mint to issue coins with > HM The Queen on their "national" side. > > BTW, it will certainly be a popular game to have euro coins from all > Euroland countries in the shortest time... > > Louis > > >
