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
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
