Subject: Re: Seborga's currency
Date: Feb 08, 2005 @ 01:50
Author: L. A. Nadybal ("L. A. Nadybal" <lnadybal@...>)
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> Formally, you are right in a way, Len, as always. By the same token, theGerman and
> "universal" currency converter should then distinguish between a
> a French Euro, because they both have a different physiognomy.with the
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> And why don't they list then the old San Marino Lira like they do
> other "obsolete" European currencies? I have a San Marino Lira coinin my
> collection. And why not the Monaco Franc? I have a Monaco Franc coinin my
> collection.in terms
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> Although this is increasingly off-topic: There was no Vatican Lira
> of currency. There was a Vatican Lira only in terms of physiognomy.Or: Does
> anybody know of a Vatican Central Bank?These were
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> The story is different with the old Luxemburg and Belgian Francs:
> true currencies, just bound to each other. And probably this is alsoso with
> the Panama, Argentina and Ecuador currencies (but here I am not sosure).
>coins for
> Definitely there is no Seborga currency either, although there are
> collectors that one can buy in any Seborga shop, like they are in Sanleast to
> Marino, Monaco and the Vatican. The catholic church would be the
> omit a chance to make money out of nothing. The fact that mints may bealso can
> operating in these countries does not mean anything. If I want, I
> produce my own coins at home.is only a
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> 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
> political game and made for collectors. That member countries retaintheir
> respective National Banks is only for statistics and to manage thepockets when
> conversion of "obsolete" coins and paper bills found in jacket
> one pulls them out from a long-unopened wardrobe. As Germany isconcerned
> one can swap Deutsche Marks against Euros for an indefinite period...as it
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> Wolfgang
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: L. A. Nadybal [mailto:lnadybal@c...]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 6. Februar 2005 05:44
> An: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Seborga's currency
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Wolfgang Schaub"
> <Wolfgang.Schaub@c...> wrote:
> > There is other nonsense in the "Universal Currency Converter": They
> speak of
> > a Vatican Lira (obsolete). To my knowledge this was always the
> Italian Lira,
> > as it is, by the way, in Seborga: The Luigino is fiction, as far
> > claims to be a currency; it is reality, as far as it is a souvenirSerenita
> that you
> > can buy in shops in Seborga at a rate dictated by Sua Altissima
> > Prince Giorgio I. Still to-date, Prince Giorgio believes it makes"Look, honey,
> sense to
> > set the "exchange rate" at 1 : 6 to the US Dollar. Tomorrow he may
> choose to
> > set a new rate "bound" to the Euro or the Swiss Franc. He will go on
> doing
> > his nonsense at the pleasure of Silvio Berlusconi, and make a lot of
> money
> > for Seborga, through the stupidity of (American) tourists.
> > it's so easy to change; they gonna give us 1 for 6 bucks".all other
> >
> > Wolfgang
> > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Asher Samuels [mailto:asher972@y...]
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. Februar 2005 13:34
> > An: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > Betreff: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Seborga's currency
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> > It could be in there as a copyright trap.
> > --- Brendan Whyte <bwhyte@u...> wrote:
> >
> > > If you go to the Universal Currency Converter
> > > http://www.xe.com/ucc/full.shtml
> > > you will find Seborga's Luigino currency listed alongside
> > > national currencies...--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > 1 SPL = 4.60780 EUR
> > > 1 EUR = 0.217023 SPL
> > >
> > > intriguing...
> > >
> > >
> > > Brendan
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