I really do. The notes are bland, not very original, not very modern. It doesn't represent any real country or culture since the buildings are fake. It's pure bureaucracy and functionality.
As to the coins, some countries made the reverse beautiful. The Vitruvian Man, Cervantes. Others wasted it (in my opinion), like France's Yggdrasil (seriously, why?), or Belgium just having its king. Whereas a country like France does have different designs for each coin, Ireland just decided to make every single coin a harp, which is also very odd. It's not as if they saved money, given they still needed a new cast for each size.
And all of the smaller ones are Nordic Gold, which starts off with a rather unappealing pink-copper hue and then becomes dark brown and dirty. Compares to UK pence or US cents, which I find look nice both new and old. That's just my opinion though.
What do other people think of the Euro coins and notes?
In my opinion, paper money should have nude women in tasteful poses.
Coins should be made of quartz (1 dollar), amethyst(5 dollars), carnelian (10 dollars), emerald,(20 dollars), ruby,(50 dollars), sapphire,(100 dollars) and diamond(1000 dollars).
Smaller penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollars should remain metal, but with nude women.
Well, I collect just coins and not notes but I like euro banknotes.
You can see some bridges that do not exist in reality and this is the gret idea because everywhere in europe I feel like at home looking at those ideal buildings and bridges ...
About coins, I agree about cents, I don't like copper but about "what" each country chose to put in obverse I respect it. You don't like the face of Belgium's king , half of my coins are with the face of your queen and every day older :)
I do not hate money, but English currency is based on monarchy that hates it's subjects.
Inoculations that make your children into autistic or worse with no hope of improvement.
Hospital is not your friend. Fluoridated water that causes cancer and reduces the IQ, Hitler did that also.Your queen and her father were photographed giving the sieg-hiel Nazi salute.
Big Pharma caught tainting the medications that the English people use.
Elderly citizens having their power cutoff so prince chuck could heat his castle.
No, I think your pounds and ounces are blood soaked by proxy, even prince chuck lives in Transylvania castle because he claims direct decendancy from Vlad the Impaler, the real Count Dracula.
Yes, English money is bland, ugly and delusional.
Fiat currency. Run away or change your government.
I remember the blandness of the notes was pointed out even before the first Euro note came out. I suppose the basic policy is that no note should displease any of the member states by making strong political or nationalistic statements. So, no one is impressed with any of the designs, but no one is displeased either.
Perhaps the country that lost most in the transition is the Netherlands. They had such original notes and coins. Now...
Quote: "Camerinvs"I remember the blandness of the notes was pointed out even before the first Euro note came out. I suppose the basic policy is that no note should displease any of the member states by making strong political or nationalistic statements. So, no one is impressed with any of the designs, but no one is displeased either.
Perhaps the country that lost most in the transition is the Netherlands. They had such original notes and coins. Now...
I know, I really miss our Guiders. I moved to US in 2003 but I really liked our coins and banknotes. Now they are some plain with just Queen / King on on side other side is same everywhere. I used to love our weapon with the lions. The banknotes I really loved with the sunflower, tower, birds.
With very few exceptions, I dislike all coins issued since the change to monopoly money after WWII. They are an affront to common sense and a daily reminder of the fundamental dishonesty of governments and their banking systems. (not to mention the gullibility of the voting public)
Debased currency leads to inflation which is the primary weapon used by banksters in their efforts to steal our wealth on a generational basis.
Hang them all.
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That was going to be my cut off. Nothing from that country, or no euro's. But they have 1cent coins. And I now collect them. oh what's a penny {cent} nut to do.
When you have a tradition or legal issues, you have no choice but to depict your chief of state.
Why the f*** do you compare the French tree to Yggdrasil? There is absolutely no reference to the Nordic mythology in the choice of this design, only the tree. And this is not the 1st time a tree is depicted on (theoretical) circulation coinage, just look the 100F silver coin.
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Quote: "ALLRED1950" That was going to be my cut off. Nothing from that country, or no euro's. But they have 1cent coins. And I now collect them. oh what's a penny {cent} nut to do.
Ha!Ha! Daryl you do make me chuckle! I was about to comment on Mr Looney Tunes post but happily you distracted me. I don't hate Euros, I just choose not to collect them but I do have a few Euro cents to swap (get rid of) if you want to take a look at my list.
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Quote: "ALLRED1950" That was going to be my cut off. Nothing from that country, or no euro's. But they have 1cent coins. And I now collect them. oh what's a penny {cent} nut to do.
Ha!Ha! Daryl you do make me chuckle! I was about to comment on Mr Looney Tunes post but happily you distracted me. I don't hate Euros, I just choose not to collect them but I do have a few Euro cents to swap (get rid of) if you want to take a look at my list.
Quote: "Bohannon"Please, do comment on Mr. Looney Tunes post.
Eh... What's up, doc?
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Quote: "chomp-master"When you have a tradition or legal issues, you have no choice but to depict your chief of state.
Why the f*** do you compare the French tree to Yggdrasil? There is absolutely no reference to the Nordic mythology in the choice of this design, only the tree. And this is not the 1st time a tree is depicted on (theoretical) circulation coinage, just look the 100F silver coin.
Because a tree has nothing to do with France whatsoever. It could well be Yggdrasil, or just a random tree in the designer's garden. It doesn't represent liberty, equality or fraternity either- not that it has to, but it's not as if the tree has any special link to any of the three French values.
The Marianne and the Semeuse make sense. I really like the new postage stamps with the more modern Marianne. Now imagine if those were some random tree. I don't see why they didn't just use the cockerel design, the one they use for commemorative silver and gold coins.
What I do like about the tree design is the hexagon, obviously a geometric rendition of France. A lot of geographers use a hexagon to represent France in a simplified way. It's very clever and looks nice.
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Them using a tree twice doesn't make it mean anything specific to France.
In fact, I'm not sure what your point is at all. Two pound coins have now had flowers on them. Would you say the UK is intrinsically linked to flowers?
EDIT: I see you're French, has this somehow personally offended you? It definitely seems to have done so, given how you cursed in your first response.
Who cares there is any French symbol in the tree? Just take a look to the €1 file and you'll have a better explanation of the tree allegory.
Did you notice the tree is inside an hexagon, which is more linked to France?
Are you sure to really tell about a non-commemorative coin from UK?
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Who cares there is any French symbol in the tree? Just take a look to the €1 file and you'll have a better explanation of the tree allegory.
Did you notice in French €1 & €2 the tree is inside an hexagon, which is more linked to France?
Are you sure to really tell about a non-commemorative coin from UK?
1. It's a symbol, not an allegory. And okay, but it's just an odd thing to put in. And I literally said that it doesn't matter if it's not French.
2. I literally mentioned it. Did you read my post?
3. What?
Sorry but initially I didn't read your post edits. But I did when you answered for the last time.
This is not an offense but I don't understand why is that design so odd for you. It's like comparing oak leaves with Germany, which only used these leaves on post-WWII Federal coinage.
Quote: "Ragnarr"In fact, I'm not sure what your point is at all. Two pound coins have now had flowers on them. Would you say the UK is intrinsically linked to flowers?
I asked you in fact which £2 coin you're speaking about. I guess it was the Union Act commemorative one.
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Quote: "Ragnarr"That one, and the new 2 pound coin with two flowers.
Sorry but I don't find any additional £2 coin with flowers.
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As you're from UK you should know the vegetal symbols of your constitutive nations for both coins.
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I only expected you would. I didn't want to offense you.
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But these ones are the most known ones. 3/4 are used as the main part of National Rugby team logos (considering United Ireland as a common symbol) and also as part of the National Football shields. Only Wales doesn't use them in both teams.
Anyway this is not the 1st time UK use some of these vegetables as well. Current £1 coins (as the one you depicted won't be released before April) contain regional "commemorative" series, including 2 of these vegetables taken alone over 4 different types.
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Dammit I already knew the four plants which represented each constituent part of the United Kingdom, I even knew the folklore behind them. I was happy.
Then I moved to the USA where each of the 50 states has it's own plant, bird, song, flag, food, drink, patron saint, beer, cigar, type of cheese and favorite sexual position*. And if you can't name them all without hesitation they guillotine you! Bugger it. Oh, and they have a tree too - The Tree of Liberty which every few years has to be watered by the blood of both patriots and traitors. I've got my citizenship exam this year and I'm really worried that I'm going to turn over the tables and walk out.
I mean I get the symbology** of The Sower and that the images on post WWII FRG coins represent rebirth. And let's not forget the vigilant Britannia looking across the English Chanel at Johnny Foreigner with an offering of the Trident and Shield or the Olive Branch. I love this, it's one of numismatic's great appeals. The Greek coins issued after the upheavals of the 1970's are just perfect. Celebrate your unique history and culture without borrowing someone else's or creating low brow cookie cutter symbolism just for the sake of having something politically correct to fill the blank parts on your coins. Pfffft.
* You can guess which one California chose.
** Yeah, I know it's symbolism smartarse, it's my periodic need to act like Willem Dafoe kicking in with a Boondock Saints reference. OK.
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