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Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)

From:Padraic Brown <agricola@...>
Date:Friday, December 21, 2001, 23:38
Am 21.12.01, Matthew Kehrt yscrifef:

> I seem to be the only one in the world in favor of keeping pennies. It > seems silly to have the smallest coin be worth 5 units and have all > other denominations multiples of this.
I wouldn't mind getting rid of the nickel either. It's just about as worthless and equally a nuisance.
> It would make more sense to > redefine the value of pennies to be five times their face value and work > up from there. (Easier said than done, of course.)
Well, yes. A complete revaluation of the currency would work. It's not that hard - just about every country in the world has done it; many have done it lots of times. Our current sutiation really doesn't warrant such a move though!
> -M
Padraic. -- Bethes gwaz vaz ha leal.