Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)
| From: | Anton Sherwood <bronto@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 22, 2001, 9:10 |
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Fabian wrote:
> 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.
In Tunisia 1977, the millime was the only division of the dinar.
I'm not sure whether or not I ever had a 1m coin.
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