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Skriven 2009-10-14 16:40:00 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
    Kommentar till text 521 av Björn Felten (2:203/2)
Ärende: Currencies
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Björn Felten wrote to Michiel van der Vlist on Wednesday October 14 2009 at
12:47:

MvdV>> I have here on my desk, four coins 33mm in diameter, 2.4 mm thick
MvdV>> weighing 17 grams each. The are labelled 2.5 ECU and are dated
MvdV>> 1991.

BF> Ahhh! You have some of those famous coins, printed for the European
BF> Capital of Culture festival in 1989? Lucky you, hang on to those, they
BF> will most likely become very valuable collector's items in the future.

They are already, as they were only struck as patterns, not for actual
circulation, and thus in small mintages.

And as long as we're being catty, I might note that coins are _struck_ or
_minted_, not "printed". A "native English speaker" knows that kind of thing
<grrr>.

MvdV>> Every currency is an accounting unit.

BF> Indeed it is.

But not every accounting unit is "legal tender for all debts, public and
private".

BF> And I'm surprised that a native English speaker like Bashe doesn't
BF> understand the significance of the name ECU: European *Currency*
BF> *Unit* . But that's Robert for you -- he thinks he knows all about
BF> political economy, and yet proves over and over again that he knows
BF> less about it than a fifth-grader in any European school.

So how far did _you_ get? Fourth grade? If you'd drop the prejudices,
preconceptions and snootiness, and just _think_, I could agree with much more
of what you write than I do now.

Cheers, Bob

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