The Dutch euro coins bear the head of Queen Beatrix on the national side, Han
----- Original Message ----- From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 3:31 PM Subject: [USMA:17063] Pope in Euro > One Russian made a statement in a magazine that Euro > does not have a human face, since they contain only > bridges, tunnels, gateways in their bank notes > (bills). > > But he forgot to mention the fact that coins had a > human faces and other symbols of nations. > Here the Vatican has minted the Euro coins with the > face of Pope John Paul II. > This makes 2 points > 1. Coin with Pope's face is likely to be revelled by > Catholic faithful's across the World. > 2. Even though Vatican is a very small country, they > were given an chance to mint along with Monaco & San > Marino and it shows EU is more democratic. > > The real test is on Jan-1 (first day) and Jan-2 (first > working day) for the new currency. > > Madan > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > >
