every shop accepts here 200 � and 500 � but fuel stations do not accept 500 � notes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 8:22 AM Subject: [USMA:22100] Re: Fwd: RE: Spanish dollar
> Apart from the lower coin denominations, we have 1 and 2 euro coins, and as > far as the bills of 200 and 500 euro are concerned, they may be withdrawn in > the future as they are not accepted in many shops. Under the guilder we had > a 1000 guilder note! > > Han > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, 2002-09-05 21:53 > Subject: [USMA:22087] Fwd: RE: Spanish dollar > > > > The only advantage of 1 ? (euro) bill is for the > > companies which sell paper/ink for making the bill. > > Since a bill wears out every 1 1/2 years, they will > > get regular order, whereas a coin lasts for 30 years. > > > > By the way, I wonder why euro has denominations of > > 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 & 500 > > when US $ has denominations of > > $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 > > > > http://treasury.gov/education/faq/currency/denominations.html > > > > Bigger denominations help only smugglers and black > > marketers. I hope the World gets rid of these bad > > guys. > > > > Madan > > > > --- Han Maenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: [USMA:22078] RE: Spanish dollar > > > Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:35:14 +0200 > > > > > > Too bad that I have to report that there is a > > > backlash against the euro here > > > as it is blamed for price rises and most people > > > continue to convert > > > everything back to guilders. I hope that this stupid > > > backlash will ebb off > > > soon. > > > And there is the folly of an Italian proposal to > > > introduce a 1 euro > > > banknote. Two reasons are given, and I reject both. > > > They claim that a bank > > > note will give a better insight of inflation to the > > > people. I do not know > > > how. The second reason is, that as the US ha a one > > > dollar note, we should > > > have a 1 euro note. Let's go develop that notion a > > > bit further: as the USA > > > uses ifp, the EU should also use it. > > > > > > BTW: that stuff about a price of .25 cents was > > > hilarious! > > > > > > Han > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > > > >
