11/28: New Euro money - Page 2

Undertoad · 11-29-2001, 10:03 PM

I get them from post office vending machines. It would be great if they would take hold. We might be able to move the decimal place over and do away with pennies AND nickels.

elSicomoro · 11-29-2001, 10:22 PM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
I get them from post office vending machines. It would be great if they would take hold. We might be able to move the decimal place over and do away with pennies AND nickels.

I don't know how the other 280 million Americans feel, but...

--I hate carrying change around. I hate carrying money around period. That's why I love the Visa debit card. The Susie flopped. I don't see the Squawbuck winning too many fans either. It IS cool though.

--Isn't there some lawmaker that wants to get rid of the penny? I'm all for it. Abe's already on the 5-spot. France got rid of the equivalent of their one cent piece a while ago...of course, they have the Euro coming soon though.

--The nickel is the most disrespected piece of currency we have. But it is useless as all hell.

Whit · 11-30-2001, 01:29 AM

Originaly posted by sycamore:

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The nickel is the most disrespected piece of currency we have. But it is useless as all hell.

     It's not completely uselsess, back in high school a bunch of us graduated from penny flicking. We moved up to the much heavier nickel? Ever been hit by a flying nickel. It hurts.... So you see it's not completely useless.

juju · 11-30-2001, 08:31 AM

When I was in high school I got a job at a bank rolling coins in the vault.

They had this big machine just for rolling coins. I'd come in to work and there'd be piles and piles of bags of loose coin, each bag weighing about 10 pounds. I think one bag of quarters was $500, and a bag of pennies was $50. That's all I did -- dump bags of coins into this machine and take the resulting rolled coins and put them in boxes.

Anyway, while there I developed an intense hatred for dimes. Dimes were so thin that they would get stuck in every imaginable crevasse of this machine. There was not a minute opening anywhere in this machine that a dime could not find its way into at least every half-hour, and make the whole contraption come to a screeching halt. They weren't that easy to pry out, either.

Everyone at the bank would go into rants every so often about how stupid dimes were. "Dimes are the enemy".

heheh. ahh, memories.

BrianR · 11-30-2001, 02:20 PM

These are definitely in circulation. The Navy uses them in their vending machines.

I can get you some if you want.

Brian

Nic Name · 01-01-2002, 12:31 AM

I'm converting.

Tuesday, January 1, 2002
1 Canadian Dollar = 0.70507 Euro
1 Euro (EUR) = 1.41829 Canadian Dollar (CAD)

Median price = 0.70419 / 0.70507 (bid/ask)
Estimated price based on daily US dollar rates.

You may recall the controversy when the new Canadian $10 bill (pictured in an earlier post above) was issued with the verse of "In Flanders Fields" as follows:

"In Flanders Fields the poppies blow ..."

Well, that's the Flanders in Belgium, not in The Simpsons. Homer Simpson would be quick to point out that the verse should read "grow" not "blow" but that has been clarified by snopes.com:

http://www.snopes2.com/business/money/canada1.htm

So, we're all clear now ... in Flanders Fields the poppies blow ... and in Canada ... the dollar blows!

Nic Name · 01-01-2002, 12:54 AM

Why are U.S. "Greenbacks" green?

Here's an explanation by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Treasury folks who print U.S. paper currency notes:

http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/108

serge · 01-01-2002, 10:30 AM

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Originally posted by dasviper
2: Why is there a coin worth two of them (e0.02)? It seems that when you made a new monetary system, you'd take to opportunity to shed archaic denominations. Is there a good reason anyone knows why the e0.01 and e0.05 couldn't suffice?

Soviet currency had a 2 Kopek piece.

You used it to make a phone call from a public pay phone.
Among other things, you could also get 2 packs of matches for it.

Nic Name · 01-01-2002, 08:11 PM

Fireworks light up the sky around the Euro monument in front of the European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.

New Year's celebrations mark the end of the beginning for the Euro, and the beginning of the end for the Deutsche Mark.

jaguar · 01-01-2002, 09:33 PM

They removed 1 and 2 c peice here, smallest now is 5c. The milkbars had to sell lollies as bundles now instead of individual piece but the rest of the ountry yawned and rolled over.

I liek the idea of hte Euro, and it gives europe a simial financial powerblock to the US Greenback ,if it ever stop getting raped by US hedgefunds that is.

Don't like that idea of RFID tags in the high end notes though.

Scopulus Argentarius · 01-03-2002, 12:16 AM

The populations of 12 countries acting together in one big Euronation....

Nic Name · 01-04-2002, 07:02 AM

E Pluribus Euro

warch · 01-04-2002, 09:21 AM

Jag, I really enjoy the turn of some of your phrases. quite lyrical at times...

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The milkbars had to sell lollies as bundles

juju · 01-04-2002, 01:03 PM

Hmm.. I wasn't going to say anything before, but since you've brought it up.   :)   What in the world is a milkbar, and what is a lollie?

Nic Name · 01-04-2002, 01:11 PM

Milkbars = Convenience Stores
Lollies = Suckers

I think.

But not in all the countries of the European common market, I'm sure.

11-29-2001, 10:03 PM	#16
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	the SQUAW-buck I get them from post office vending machines. It would be great if they would take hold. We might be able to move the decimal place over and do away with pennies AND nickels.

11-30-2001, 02:20 PM	#20
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	golden dollar coins These are definitely in circulation. The Navy uses them in their vending machines. I can get you some if you want. Brian

01-01-2002, 12:31 AM	#21
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	I'm converting. Tuesday, January 1, 2002 1 Canadian Dollar = 0.70507 Euro 1 Euro (EUR) = 1.41829 Canadian Dollar (CAD) Median price = 0.70419 / 0.70507 (bid/ask) Estimated price based on daily US dollar rates. You may recall the controversy when the new Canadian $10 bill (pictured in an earlier post above) was issued with the verse of "In Flanders Fields" as follows: "In Flanders Fields the poppies blow ..." Well, that's the Flanders in Belgium, not in The Simpsons. Homer Simpson would be quick to point out that the verse should read "grow" not "blow" but that has been clarified by snopes.com: http://www.snopes2.com/business/money/canada1.htm So, we're all clear now ... in Flanders Fields the poppies blow ... and in Canada ... the dollar blows! Last edited by Nic Name; 01-01-2002 at 02:47 AM.

01-01-2002, 12:54 AM	#22
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Why are U.S. "Greenbacks" green? Here's an explanation by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Treasury folks who print U.S. paper currency notes: http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/108 Last edited by Nic Name; 01-01-2002 at 12:58 AM.

01-01-2002, 09:33 PM	#25
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	They removed 1 and 2 c peice here, smallest now is 5c. The milkbars had to sell lollies as bundles now instead of individual piece but the rest of the ountry yawned and rolled over. I liek the idea of hte Euro, and it gives europe a simial financial powerblock to the US Greenback ,if it ever stop getting raped by US hedgefunds that is. Don't like that idea of RFID tags in the high end notes though. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

11-30-2001, 08:31 AM	#19
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	When I was in high school I got a job at a bank rolling coins in the vault. They had this big machine just for rolling coins. I'd come in to work and there'd be piles and piles of bags of loose coin, each bag weighing about 10 pounds. I think one bag of quarters was $500, and a bag of pennies was $50. That's all I did -- dump bags of coins into this machine and take the resulting rolled coins and put them in boxes. Anyway, while there I developed an intense hatred for dimes. Dimes were so thin that they would get stuck in every imaginable crevasse of this machine. There was not a minute opening anywhere in this machine that a dime could not find its way into at least every half-hour, and make the whole contraption come to a screeching halt. They weren't that easy to pry out, either. Everyone at the bank would go into rants every so often about how stupid dimes were. "Dimes are the enemy". heheh. ahh, memories.

01-01-2002, 08:11 PM	#24
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Fireworks light up the sky around the Euro monument in front of the European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. New Year's celebrations mark the end of the beginning for the Euro, and the beginning of the end for the Deutsche Mark.

01-03-2002, 12:16 AM	#26
Scopulus Argentarius Your current user title is: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: BTR Posts: 301	The populations of 12 countries acting together in one big Euronation....

01-04-2002, 07:02 AM	#27
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	E Pluribus Euro

01-04-2002, 01:03 PM	#29
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Hmm.. I wasn't going to say anything before, but since you've brought it up.   :)   What in the world is a milkbar, and what is a lollie?

01-04-2002, 01:11 PM	#30
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Milkbars = Convenience Stores Lollies = Suckers I think. But not in all the countries of the European common market, I'm sure.

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