Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)
| From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 22, 2001, 4:14 |
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Am 21.12.01, Matthew Kehrt yscrifef:
> My point was that it seems odd not to have a coin for the lowest
> denomination of money in a system.
Australia and NZ get along without. Italy does as well - for that
matter, they get along without without _many_ of the lowest
denominations in their system.
We also got along with coins valued less than the lowest
denomination (the 1/2c).
> If a five cent coin is the lowest
> amount one can have, the unit of currency should be redefined as
> something like one vint = $1/20 or somesuch. Apparently I wasn't very
> clear ;-).
Well, a nickel is already $1/20, so no worries!
> -M
Padraic.
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