Re: OT currency (was Re: Quoting styles (was Re: Antipassive?))

--- Tristan McLeay <conlang@...> wrote:

> On 29/05/08 22:14:57, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> >
Look much
> better than the British non-circular coins, which
> look like they were
> made by a toddler (what's wrong with a straight
> edge?). And you can get
> dragged into the late twentieth century with real
> notes made out of
> stuff that's doesn't grow on trees.
>
> --
> Tristan.
A straight edged heptagon does not roll (and thus
would jam vending machines etc), hence the equilateral
curve.  A dodecagon more closely approximates a circle
and thus rolls well enough, given a bit of momentum.

I like the Aussie 50c coins, nice looking things.


P.


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