Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)
| From: | Fabian <fabian@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 21, 2001, 14:26 |
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> And nobody has used "pence" in the USA for centuries. Over here it's
> "pennies" for the coins and "cents" for the value, but in no case is
> "centidollar" used.
Jumping around on teh thread, someone mentioned that the US had, for
accounting puirposes only, a mil (1/1000 $). Well, Malta, until a few
years ago, had such coins as real physical items. 1000 mils = 100 cents =
1 lira maltija. The coins themselves were made of tin (alloyed?), and soft
enough to bend by hand in warm weather. Sadly, they are no longer in
circulation.
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Fabian
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