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Found another coin.
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| Tennman 2003-10-25, 9:31 pm |
| Hay guys I have fouind another coin around the house. This one I cannot tell the obverse from the reverse. This coin is about the size of the American nickle, but it is copper looking. One side a 10 in the center of the coin and under the 10 it says "pfennig". the 10 has a shaft of wheat on each side of it. One the other side of the coin a five leaf plant is in the center and around the plant it says: bundesrepublik deutschland 1982. can someone tell me something about this coin? | |
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| Tennman 2003-10-26, 7:03 am |
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Originally posted by Tarzanboy
Try this out for size:
http://smiths.narod.ru/var/germany2.htm
Cheers,
TB
Thanks Tarzanboy, I had a feeling that this was a German coin but I was not sure. | |
| Tennman 2003-10-26, 7:11 am |
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Originally posted by Deja-vue
Ok, it is Germanys beloved 10 Pfennig Coin, now replaced by the Euro.It was also called the "Groschen"
Here is some pictures of all the german coins:
http://www.hiob-ulm.de/mark/dreizehn.htm
and here is the coin:
http://sammler.com/mz/images/10Pf.jpg
You got it right on the money Deja-Vue, that is the coin I have. I have found several coins from other countries in boxes that I cleaning out around the house and I have no idea how I acquired these coins.
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| Tech Ranger 2003-10-26, 8:54 am |
| You didn't know for sure because we have this silly habit of changing the name's of countries. If the people call their country Deutschland, why do we insist on calling it Germany. What we call Spain is Espana. I always thought this was foolish. | |
| jimbo2002 2003-10-26, 11:45 am |
| Hey Tenman, you make those coins sound interesting when you describe them, you know, each countrys coins with different names, designs etc. Now, what do we have, the euro, yeh how many highly paid officials thought that one up. Really imaginative (not). I can just see it, big meetings over many months to think of a name for a currency to be used in europe, what do they come up with, "The Euro". | |
| Tech Ranger 2003-10-26, 3:57 pm |
| They should have called it the Blair. | |
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Originally posted by Tech Ranger
They should have called it the Blair.
Agreed. Totally worthless, and absolutley bloody useless. | |
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| thecomeons 2003-10-28, 9:18 pm |
| bit like a prick in a convent then | |
| enforcer 2003-10-29, 5:32 am |
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Originally posted by thecomeons
bit like a prick in a convent then
No that's useful, It gives you one pole to hang an end of a washing line on  | |
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| thecomeons 2003-10-29, 2:01 pm |
| sorry bearing. a bit mutton today. what's that about rula lenska? | |
| Tennman 2003-10-29, 5:10 pm |
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Originally posted by jimbo2002
Hey Tenman, you make those coins sound interesting when you describe them, you know, each countrys coins with different names, designs etc. Now, what do we have, the euro, yeh how many highly paid officials thought that one up. Really imaginative (not). I can just see it, big meetings over many months to think of a name for a currency to be used in europe, what do they come up with, "The Euro".
I would love to see what a "EURO" looks like, as I have never seen it. | |
| Tennman 2003-10-29, 5:16 pm |
| How many countrys make up the EU for which the EURO is the main currency? | |
| jimbo2002 2003-10-30, 3:17 am |
| At the last count I think it was 15 states in the EU. Some of the old eastern block states are keen to join, so it will probably get larger. If my history is correct, it all started after WW2, when France,Germany, Holland wanted to trade coal and steel at favourable prices so they formed a "common market". The UK voted in the early 70,s on whether to join and decided to join. The concept was maybe a good one but there are mixed feelings about the whole thing. As for the euro,it hasnt really took off in the UK. As far as I know everyone is still using sterling currency, I would imagine shops and banks would have to accept it, but Im not sure. To tell you the truth I dont know that much about the Euro, I never used it yet. But some of the other states in the EU are using it now as the main currency | |
| enforcer 2003-10-30, 5:01 am |
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Originally posted by thecomeons
sorry bearing. a bit mutton today. what's that about rula lenska?
Rule alenska states that a thread once started shall stay on topic for no more than four posts before it is hijacked by the dublin crew.
Exceptions to this rule are those threads outside of the General Discussions which may survive to an eighth or ninth post. | |
| bearing 2003-10-30, 5:19 am |
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Originally posted by enforcer
Rule alenska states that a thread once started shall stay on topic for no more than four posts before it is hijacked by the dublin crew.
Exceptions to this rule are those threads outside of the General Discussions which may survive to an eighth or ninth post.
What a lovely pair! |
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