The English word, "backside," refers to one's posterior, bum, butt, or, in French, fesse.
The back side (two words) of a coin is called the "reverse," with the front side being the "obverse." Now, if someone would like to start an off-topic discussion of the backsides of famous beauties throughout history, that might be interesting. <g> Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Louis JOURDAN Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 14:20 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:16661] Re: euro At 14:36 -0500 01/12/16, kilopascal wrote: >2001-12-16 > >What does the set consist of as far as the coins are concerend? Is it one >of each coin? And are these samples a mixture of the various national >backsides, or strictly the Netherlands national backside? The "kits" of euro coins sold in France (not to be used before 1st January) are a set of various coins of 2 euros, 1 euro, 50 cents (yes, we say "cents" in French !), 20, 10, 5 and 1 cent. All featuring the French national backside. It wil be an interesting game to get the first "foreign" backside, how long will it take for the first ones to reach a small city like Rennes ? Even more interesting, when will we have the full collection of "foreign" euros ? I mean from the 14 countries making the Euroland - not 12 as it is commonly said, but 14 because Monaco and the Holy Siege will have their own euro coins ! BTW, I can state there is at least one set of euro coins in the USA : when last Friday I came back from the bank with "my" euro kit, my wife immediately picked it, packed it and mail it to Elliot, our grand son, who lives in San Francisco. I suspect he will make some profitable deals... Long life to euro ! Louis
