That's strange. Where did you hear that news? The reason I'm asking is that the US just issued new bank notes over the past several years. There's nothing to indicate that they're planning another change at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving website.
Stephen Gallagher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: April 9, 2002 03:56 Subject: [USMA:19368] US coinage and the euro > I heard a few days ago on the news that the US Government is going to > introduce new banknotes next year to enhance security and to make life hell > for forgers. Wouldn't that be a perfect opportunity to drop the 1 dollar > note once and for all? The new series could start with a $5 note. > > BTW; I read more about the survey that claimed that 80% (in reality 77%) > wanted to return to the guilder. > It appeared that from the small minority of anti-Europeans in The > Netherlands a very large proportion responded. There was a question about > having a sense of European citizenship because of the euro. 58% of the > respondents stated that they did not regard themselves as Europeans at all; > in other words this survey is contaminated because it is top-heavy from our > own 'Eurosceptics'. People who are opposed to the EU are of course against > the euro as well. I responded with a pro-euro answer. > > Han > Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands >
