Make 1 & 2 euro coins into notes

[MikeH]

I wish we were in the Euro, the notes are cool.

[Bereta_Eder]

no you were wrong. the benefits of not assuming an value under the normal is the way. plus you got your pockets full of more coins.

stinger, the UK will join the euro when the UK sobers up. meanwhile just sit by and watch don't talk please. your euro whining isgetting tiresome especially since you'll join eventually. don't bust our balls until you do ,please.

[Flandrien]

Euro's certainly made my life easier.
Especially when going to Holland.

[Anodyne]

Undermine the value because of the material? No, at least I haven't noticed it.

But I do agree that I spend far more money with the new currency - that's because I still, occasionally, tend to similarize (sp?) euros with old FIM (which were 1/6 worth euro)

[Bereta_Eder]

ade, we can also have 1 and 2 euros both in coins and in notes. so everybody will be satisfied and the goal of asserting the correct value is met too.

[TheStinger]

Why would the UK join the Euro? we will just have our economy devalued by a load profligate club med countries with no pension provision.

If it was just the Germans and the French I could see some sense in joining but it isn't and i don't.

[Anodyne]

Originally posted by Maestro
Euro's certainly made my life easier.
Especially when going to Holland.

Hehe, right on
...I'm planning a road trip on October, as soon as I get my driver's license...

(OT; sorry)

[MikeH]

Originally posted by paiktis22
no you were wrong. the benefits of not assuming an value under the normal is the way. plus you got your pockets full of more coins.

It's totally normal. It's not like it's a new currency £1 is still £1 whether it's a note or not.

[Thucydides]

I hate the fact that 2 Euros and 1 Euros are coins, I always end up with a pocket full of euros clinking around in my pocket. Part of it though is from habits dealing with American money. Since the largest American coin your going to come across is a quarter (most of the time), you tend to think of the euro coins as worthless and don't think to buy things with them, until you get sick of them weighing you down and get rid of them all at once by buying a large purchase all with 1 and 2 euro pieces.

BTW, Euros and dollars are about equal in value now if I'm not mistaken.

[Bereta_Eder]

in the mind of the people it is, so is in the minds of canning retailers. it has a real consequence too since it drives up inflation through price hikes which take advantage of this perception. while the perception is irrelavant the inflation is real.

plus i repeat, i'd be glad to have less coins in my wallet.

so, yes, you were wrong.

[Bereta_Eder]

thycydides you're not mistaken. 1 dollar is about 0.97 euro.

[Bereta_Eder]

and many european peoples feel like you do.

[leftover_crack]

The Dollar is about .10 more in value than the Euro currently. Not much of a difference so ya there equal.( they were made to be equal)

[MikeH]

I keep coins in my pocket, notes in my wallet and always try and pay for stuff with coins first. I'm used to having a pocket full of coins. *shrug*

[Rasbelin]

*a peeved Finn starts typing*

1 and 2 € notes?!? Halleluja! First of all notes can be circulated for a shorter time than coins so changing torn notes would get more expensive for the banks. Coin operated machines would be needed to be converted to a) accept only coins with smaller values, or b) wending machines would also have to accept 1 and 2 € notes. So the conclusion is that it would be too expensive as we just recovered from the previous investments. And using both 1 and 2 € coins would increase the costs too.

*the peeved Finn stops typing*

I have heard the rumblings of Greeks as the prices have gone up because of the new currency and also the fact that tourists from the EMU are now spending slightly more than before on their trips abroad. So I guess this 1 and 2 € banknote suggestion is related to that too, but that's OT in this topic.