German Co. sells French Polynesian sample Euro coins

Sounds like someone got inspired by the Marshall Islands.

http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=20602

stonej wrote:

Sounds like someone got inspired by the Marshall Islands.

http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=20602


I'm astonished that no-one has seen the commercial possibility of
issuing a set of trial `euros' for the USA. As in, what might have been
IF America had remained a UK colony and IF the UK had signed up for the
euro in the first place.

Let's face it, there's got ta be a buck or two in having trial US coins
with queen lizzie on the obverse. No? :-)

Ian wrote:
stonej wrote:

Sounds like someone got inspired by the Marshall Islands.

http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=20602


I'm astonished that no-one has seen the commercial possibility of
issuing a set of trial `euros' for the USA. As in, what might have been
IF America had remained a UK colony and IF the UK had signed up for the
euro in the first place.

Let's face it, there's got ta be a buck or two in having trial US coins
with queen lizzie on the obverse. No? :-)


There are a couple of restaurant/nightclubs in Chicago that will accept
Euros, Pounds,
Yen etc. They figure out the current exchange rate and give you the
difference.
They get a lot of business and convention travelers from overseas so it
makes sense to do this.

stonej wrote:

Sounds like someone got inspired by the Marshall Islands.

http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=20602

Actually it is against European Union law to make (, offer, sell, etc.)
medals that look like euro coins. EU Regulation 2182/2004 is quite
specific about what one can do and what is not OK. Several member states
had similar regulations even before that EU law became effective,
primarily due to the many "euro pattern" pieces that a British company
(INA) started making and selling a few years ago.

However, the EU and member state governments do not seem to really
bother much. I mean, some of those pattern pieces closely resemble euro
coins - but who would buy a set at ¤30 or more, partly much more, only
to crack it and then try and spend the single pieces? g

Here is a neat private page with lots of images of "pseudo-euros". Some
are lousy designs, others are pretty :-)

http://ret001qm.eresmas.net/eu-ingle.htm

Christian

Ian wrote:

I'm astonished that no-one has seen the commercial possibility of
issuing a set of trial `euros' for the USA. As in, what might have been
IF America had remained a UK colony and IF the UK had signed up for the
euro in the first place.

Here comes "Frizio" (Fabrizio Annovi) to your rescue ;-) He has designed
lots of fantasy pieces, just for fun. And one of them --

http://spazioinwind.libero.it/frizio...llar-euro2.gif
(animated GIF showing the two sides)

If that image does not load, go here
http://spazioinwind.libero.it/frizio...ofantasy8.html
and look at the middle piece in the second row.

Hehe ...

Christian

Christian Feldhaus wrote:
Ian wrote:


I'm astonished that no-one has seen the commercial possibility of
issuing a set of trial `euros' for the USA. As in, what might have been
IF America had remained a UK colony and IF the UK had signed up for the
euro in the first place.


Here comes "Frizio" (Fabrizio Annovi) to your rescue ;-) He has designed
lots of fantasy pieces, just for fun. And one of them --

http://spazioinwind.libero.it/frizio...llar-euro2.gif
(animated GIF showing the two sides)

If that image does not load, go here
http://spazioinwind.libero.it/frizio...ofantasy8.html
and look at the middle piece in the second row.

Hehe ...

Christian

Lol! :-)

That's a pretty neat design too!

Ian