--- Wolfgang Schaub
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Wolfgang.Schaub@...> wrote:
> Formally, you are right in a way, Len, as always. By
> the same token, the
> "universal" currency converter should then
> distinguish between a German and
> a French Euro, because they both have a different
> physiognomy.
>
> And why don't they list then the old San Marino Lira
> like they do with the
> other "obsolete" European currencies? I have a San
> Marino Lira coin in my
> collection. And why not the Monaco Franc? I have a
> Monaco Franc coin in my
> collection.
>
> Although this is increasingly off-topic:
hahahaha
formally you are right in a way as always wolfgang
hahahahaha
but this is not really off topic at all
as you know
our topic is multipointing or anything else anyone
likes
& you are obviously liking this
& enjoying yourself too here
so
your observations may not be of much multipunctilious
interest
but i dont think you can fairly credit yourself with
being off topic to any noticeable extent
in this case
one more insert below
> There was
> no Vatican Lira in terms
> of currency. There was a Vatican Lira only in terms
> of physiognomy. Or: Does
> anybody know of a Vatican Central Bank?
>
> The story is different with the old Luxemburg and
> Belgian Francs: These were
> true currencies, just bound to each other. And
> probably this is also so with
> the Panama, Argentina and Ecuador currencies (but
> here I am not so sure).
>
> Definitely there is no Seborga currency either,
> although there are coins for
> collectors that one can buy in any Seborga shop,
> like they are in San
> Marino, Monaco and the Vatican. The catholic church
> would be the least to
> omit a chance to make money out of nothing. The fact
> that mints may be
> operating in these countries does not mean anything.
> If I want, I also can
> produce my own coins at home.
>
> And as far as the Euro goes, there is only one,
> managed by the European
> Central Bank in Frankfurt. That Euros have different
> reverse sides is only a
> political game and made for collectors. That member
> countries retain their
> respective National Banks is only for statistics and
> to manage the
> conversion of "obsolete" coins and paper bills found
> in jacket pockets when
> one pulls them out from a long-unopened wardrobe. As
> Germany is concerned
> one can swap Deutsche Marks against Euros for an
> indefinite period...
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: L. A. Nadybal [mailto:lnadybal@...]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 6. Februar 2005 05:44
> An: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Seborga's currency
>
>
>
> The Vatican had its own Lira - it issued its own
> coins (albeit some
> produced by the Italian state mint). With the
> Euro, the Vatican has,
> from the European Central Bank, its own allocation
> from the universe
> of Euros that can be issued by each monetary
> authority (as does San
> Marino).
>
> Vatican Euros are not Italian Euros although they
> are worth exactly
> the same, and each countries' Euros circulate in
> both neighboring
> countries and are mutually accepted as legal
> tender.
>
> The Vatican situation wasn't much diferent in the
> Lira days than that
> which exists in Panama. As far as I know from my
> Canal Zone days,
> Panama has the Balboa which is worth exactly the
> same as a US dollar,
> but it has never issued Balboa banknotes, only
> Balboa coins. For
> banknotes, US dollar bills circulate. Unlike
> Rome, however, Balboa
> coins don't circulate in the US and are not legal
> tender here.
>
> LN
but they match & make perfect slugs
so they are bogus yet somehow acceptable
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