I was talking about the coins only, I've never seen the bills and I hope I *will* never see them!
ok ok, the Imperial System has been invented in England? bye Terry Simpson wrote: > Michael-O wrote: >> CONCLUSION: >> French were always more sophisticated than English. >> >> Have you ever seen English money, then you undersand why only >> this nation could have invented the FFU. > > English notes are not as colourful as French Franc notes. In that > respect, the French love of beauty triumphs over the anglo-saxon. > However, I enjoyed Dutch guilder notes more than the French ones. > > Incidentally, British coin designs were considered seriously as a > model for some of the euro coins. This was not for their beauty, but > for their pragmatism. The mix of circular and many sided coins (20p, > 50p) is an added dimension of shape that increases discriminability. > Several other countries inside and outside the EU had highly > discriminable coins, including the Spanish coin with a central hole. > > Unfortunately the conservatives won and euro coin are all flat discs. > Apparently the vending machine industry was set against non-circular > shape. The compromise was a variety of edge effects. It is odd that > this pressure does not have effect on the British coins which have > the useful property of being many sided but also constant diameter. > > www.money.org/0204friedbergarteuro.pdf > > www.euro.fee.be/Europapers/europaper37.pdf > > > The British did not invent FFU, so we cannot be blamed for the > stupidity of it. However, we stubbornly have retained it too long and > that is not good. Since Britain is an island, we are also > (unfortunately) isolationist in outlook. The joke British headline > says: "Storms in the English Channel, Europe cut off!"
