One Dollar Coin
Dan P.
>Richard Wilder <wil...@u1.abs.net> writes:
>> the Gov't stops printing $1 paper. In recent trips to Japan,
Germany,
>> and England it was a pleasure dealing with coinage up to
about $5.
>
>Well I *know* that's not true! I've BEEN to Japan, and I know
for
>a FACT that they don't have $5 coins. They use YEN in Japan,
>except it's actually called EN. And I have it on good authority
>that neither Germany nor Engerland use $5 coins either. They
>use Deutschmarks and Pounds respectively. Please get your facts
>straight before posting nonsense to UNSENET. I always do.
>
>THAadvanceNKS!
>Beable van Polasm
>--
I don't know about Japan, but I've spent enough time in Germany
and the UK to know that 5DM and 1 pound coins were used in their
respective countries with as much regularity as we in the US use
quarters. The 5DM coin is the equivalent of over US$2.50 and the
1 pound coin around US$1.50. While not quite up to the $5
mentioned above, that's still some pretty significant change.
Dan
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Beable van Polasm
>
> The general public doesn't understand the "gold" dollar is less
> weight that four quarters! And, it could allow buying something
> at a vending machine without digging for paper AND coins. I hope
> the Gov't stops printing $1 paper. In recent trips to Japan, Germany,
> and England it was a pleasure dealing with coinage up to about $5.
Well I *know* that's not true! I've BEEN to Japan, and I know for
a FACT that they don't have $5 coins. They use YEN in Japan,
except it's actually called EN. And I have it on good authority
that neither Germany nor Engerland use $5 coins either. They
use Deutschmarks and Pounds respectively. Please get your facts
straight before posting nonsense to UNSENET. I always do.
THAadvanceNKS!
Beable van Polasm
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Tlerll
<enyacat...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>I don't know about Japan, but I've spent enough time in Germany
>and the UK to know that 5DM and 1 pound coins were used in their
>respective countries with as much regularity as we in the US use
>quarters. The 5DM coin is the equivalent of over US$2.50 and the
>1 pound coin around US$1.50. While not quite up to the $5
>mentioned above, that's still some pretty significant change.
Then there's £2 coins. They're big big big and heavy and eye
catching. I have one right here. They might as well be called
"Pint tokens" or "Beer Tokens" because that's when you use
them.
Then there's 10FF coins which are exactly the same size and shape
as £1 coins. But they've got SILVER in the middle(like the beer
tokens) instead of being solid yellowy like the £1.
Why don't we have Beer Tokens in america?
And why don't bars have different platforms for different beers?
Or season passes?
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Joe Manfre
<397e3b4b...@news.earthlink.net>:
>Then there's 10FF coins which are exactly the same size and shape
^^^^
>as £1 coins. But they've got SILVER in the middle(like the beer
>tokens) instead of being solid yellowy like the £1.
Whaa..? What country is this that has a hexadecimal
monetary system?
And they thought the British system was screwed up
before it went decimal!
JM
Christopher Chase
(tle...@earthlink.net) trolled us with:
: Then there's u2 coins.
This is the part where I say:
"HAW HAW, and they have Bono on the front!"
: Then there's 10FF coins which are exactly the same size and shape
: as £1 coins. But they've got SILVER in the middle(like the beer
: tokens) instead of being solid yellowy like the £1.
You mean instead of them being liquidy yellowy, like a cake-farted
lemoncake?
: Why don't we have Beer Tokens in america?
Wait, you don't know? We've been in Prohibition for, like, the last
80 years! There's no beer here. The pinkertons would get us.
: Or season passes?
SUBSCIRBE.
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Chris Chase
Grand Wizard - KPS of Texas
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Beable van Polasm
>
> I have some Hong Kong $5 dollar coins.
> They're the only coins I've seen, where there's writing on the edge.
Well it must be time you got yourself a Japanese 500 Yen coin.
They have "500 YEN" on the edge.
cheers
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Beable van Polasm
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Steven Preston <seated...@webtv.net> wrote:
> Beable van Polasm <bea...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> >Well I *know* that's not true! I've BEEN to
> >Japan, and I know for a FACT that they don't
> >have $5 coins. They use YEN in Japan, except
> >it's actually called EN. And I have it on good
> >authority that neither Germany nor Engerland
> >use $5 coins either. They use Deutschmarks
> >and Pounds respectively. Please get your facts
> >straight before posting nonsense to UNSENET.
> >I always do.
> >THAadvanceNKS!
> >Beable van Polasm
>
> Apparently you don't always use a spell checker.
That's because I don't NEED to! My spelling is PERFECT!
> If you're going to be an obnoxious pedant,
And I'm NOT because that position is already amply overfilled by YOU!!1!
> the least you can do is spell England correctly.
I did.
> Also, if you were as intelligent as you probably think you are,
AND I PROBABLY AM!
> you would have realised that the poster was referring to the use of
> coins with a _value_ approaching $5.
Oh yeah, somebody says that they went to Japan and they were spending
$5 coins and they really meant something else. That's REALLY SMART,
"Steven Preston", if that IS your REAL name!!!
> Please get your spelling straight before posting to USENET.
Well I DID! Unlike YOU! It's UNSENET, which stands for the
United Nations Special Education NET. Like as if everybody
doesn't know that already!! When you get the UNSENET bills
from the United Nations every month, it's written right
there on the top of the bill: UNSENET! Do you just pay the
bills without even reading them???
> And thanks in advance would be: advTHANKSance
Now you're just being silly. Thanks In Advance is obviously this:
THAadvanceNKS!!!1! <<-- THANKS IN ADVANCE
Whereas you mistakenly put this:
advTHANKSance <<-- RUBBISH!
You see where you went wrong now???
NICEhaveaDAY!
Beable van Polasm
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Poot Rootbeer
>Well I DID! Unlike YOU! It's UNSENET, which stands for the
>United Nations Special Education NET. Like as if everybody
>doesn't know that already!!
What is NET an acrynym for?
>When you get the UNSENET bills from the United Nations every month,
>it's written right there on the top of the bill: UNSENET! Do you just
>pay the bills without even reading them???
I don't get UNSENET bills. I only get UNSENET coinage.
-Poot