On Wednesday 13 July 2005 17:00, Paul Trusten wrote: > This is not entirely metric, but it is a small essay on simplicity. > > The metric system in Germany was simplicity itself, but the euro coins > weren't. I sure do like U.S. coinage better!! > > The euro coin sets have a logical design sequence, but there are just too > many of them to be convenient--one-, two-, five-, 10-, 20-, 50-cent, and > one- and two-euro coins. Whenever I had to fish into my pocket for change, > I had a festival of searching among the many golden-colored coins for the > right combination. The one- and two-euro coins are bimetallic and easy to > spot, but not the lesser value coins.
Have you felt the coins? Two-cent coins have a groove around the edge, but since no US coin has such a feature, you were probably not looking for it. phma -- S Fa1>+/- !TM Ng--- M-- K H T-- t? AT++ SY Te- SC- FO- D P !Tz E++ L Am I Ha- hc-- FH+++ IP?
