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

Christophe Grandsire wrote:


> No, it's "écume", unrelated word. French "écu" comes from the Old French word
> for "shield": "escu". Why it became used for coins I don't know,

Perhaps from the common use of coats-of-arms on the reverse (tail)
side of coins?  The reverse of the U.S. quarter is not exactly
the national arms, but it does use symbols from it.

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