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I just wanna preserve my share of European culture before the Euro comes along and wipes it all away.
Send me coins!
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I have many different coins and notes floating around. Turkish Lire? Brazilian Cruzeiros (before they knocked 1,000 of the value and called them Cruzados, then knocked another 1,000 off and calle them New Cruzeiros - repeat this about another half-dozen times and the notes I have are worth about one-ten-to-the-twenty-fourth of a penny). . . Francs, Deutschmarks, I dunno what else. . .
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I had a Canadian coin, but it's in storage right now along with the coins I have left over from the Philippines and European coins from a book I have from childhood.
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So how much is a guinea in the UK? I keep reading about them in historical novels, so maybe they're not in use anymore.
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Jeff, did you happen to check into to County General for a humorectomy, or are you just enjoying being a jerk? Take your neverending grudges somewhere else.
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Sorry Sol, but Rob's assertion that a unified monetary system will destroy European culture sounded rather stupid. I was simply pointing out that a unified monetary system didn't destroy U.S. culture.
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To address a few points that have been made...
A guinea was twenty-one shillings. A shilling is twelve pence. A shilling is also one-twentieth of a pound. So a guinea is twenty-one shillings, or 252 pence, or a pound and a shilling.
The US has had dollar coins for a long time. We just don't like using them.
And what do you expect the dime to say on it? "One tenth of a dollar"? Sure, it could follow the "one cent" and "five cents" of the penny and nickel, but that assumes you know what a "cent" is. And, if you don't know what a dime is, you probably don't know a cent, either.
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No, I don't have a Canadian 50-cent coin. Is there such a bird? It's hard enough finding US 50-cent coins.
Nor did I mean to imply that the TOTALITY of European culture would be wiped away br the Euro... just the various coinages. I see coinage as a small part of culture. We put important national symbols on coins.
It WOULD be terribly silly to imply that losing coinage alone could destroy a country's culture... as much as importing Big Mac's and Disney.
Incidentally, you can mail completed coin sets to:
R.Farquhar, II Rampant Lion Inc. 405 Fayette City Rd Perryopolis, PA 15473 USA, Terra, Orion Arm, Milky Way, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster, Known Universe.
At least, until I get moved in to the new apartment... which may take a month.
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