Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)
| From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 16, 2001, 3:18 |
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Am 16.12.01, Damon M. Lord yscrifef:
> On 15 Dec 2001, at 14:57, Padraic Brown wrote:
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> > Vatican and San Marino will also issue coins.
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> I believe it's the first time the Vatican has issued currency -
> before they used to use Italian Lira. I was also reading a report
> that 40% of all Deutschmarks in circulation are in use outside
> Germany, so the blackmarket in E. Europe are gonna spend some time
> at the Euro-xchange....
Actually, they've issed them all along; and the Papal States
before that. It has the same value as the Italian lira,
though.
As for the DM, I think it's one of the Yugoslavian countries
that, essentially, uses it as their currency (kind of like
Ecuador and the US$). I wonder of the Central Bank took that
sort of thing into consideration at all? There are also French
overseas departments, as well as countries whose currencies
are based on the French franc. It will be interesting to see
how the experiment works out this time around.
> Damon M. Lord
Padraic.
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