Re: CHAT: San Marino
| From: | Jonathan Chang <zhang2323@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 24, 2000, 21:13 |
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In a message dated 2000/08/24 01:26:39 AM, various ConLangers wrote:
>> >So, that was what I was asking about San Marino. I had assumed that since
>> >San Marino is so very small, that they didn't even bother to print their
own
>> >currency, with "San Marino" printed on it and all, and then peg it to the
Italian
>> >lira. It seemed much easier for me to see them using Italian liras
outright.
>>
>> Right. Different situation; and I don't know the specifics. They do
>> mint their own coins, though who knows how much they circulate.
>
>Well, they haven't entirely "lirafied" yet, then. But surely, the Vatican
has,
>right?
>I mean, they have about 1000 permanent inhabitants!
I happen to avidly admire the coins of San Marino. They are minted in
Italy and are mainly circulated in the tourist trade and amongst numismatic
collectors.
Some of their "neatest" coins are literally small works of art that look
like lostwax "repros" of ancient-to-medieval coinage and usually each year
that the coins are minted they have a theme (i.e. "Technology", "Human
Rights", "Art", "Music", etc.).
I have not obtained any San Marino coins yet :(
czHANg