Old currency

bhoeyb · Post by **bhoeyb** » Tue May 21, 2002 7:19 pm

Are you missing your old currency?

byrnefm · Post by **byrnefm** » Mon May 27, 2002 7:01 pm

Not too much, though I think it was easier to recognize the coins when each one had a different picture - all the copper / gold-colored euro coins have the same picture (except for the value) and this makes it hard to quickly distinguish between coins. I know some countries have a different picture on the back of each euro coin, Ireland just has a harp...

pinguino79 · Post by **pinguino79** » Mon May 27, 2002 7:17 pm

Who cares about old liras? As for me, absolutely no regrets!

wouter · Post by **wouter** » Mon May 27, 2002 11:24 pm

some regrets for me, I think the old dutch notes looked better, at least they're more colorfull

when i know how it works i'll try to insert a picture of a NLG 25,- note

which is something i also miss the quart-system

BossaNova · Post by **BossaNova** » Wed May 29, 2002 12:33 am

I have to confess that some times I really miss escudos

the notes were a lot more beautifull and I miss 50escudos coins, because it was big and thin, euro coins are all so small...

and I have to convert allways the value to know if it's cheap or not....

in portuguese this have a name: SAUDADE....

Post by **HNL** » Wed May 29, 2002 11:36 am

wouter wrote:some regrets for me, I think the old dutch notes looked better, at least they're more colorfull

which is something i also miss the quart-system

Yes, I think this is the feeling of many other people from Netherland...

Donald · Post by **Donald** » Wed May 29, 2002 11:19 pm

wouter wrote: i also miss the quart-system

...but you got the 1 Cent coin back

rlaurenssen · Post by **rlaurenssen** » Thu May 30, 2002 12:13 am

Hi,

In the beginning I missed the old guilders very much. But now I like the euro better. Especialy when I go on vakation, I'ts very nice if don't have to change first.

And it's of course very fun to enter the notes here on eurobilltracker.
I can't wait after the hollydays, then we have a lot of foreign notes to enter.

Rob

micro · Post by **micro** » Thu May 30, 2002 12:01 pm

Our old coins seem ugly compared to the sleek euro coins, so I don't miss the old ones at all. But I still sometimes convert prices to the old currency.

wouter · Post by **wouter** » Thu May 30, 2002 2:20 pm

Mayby some of the old coins seem ugly/dirty but they are over 50 years old, some new euro's are already very dirty (most 1-2-5 c) and I really miss ald dutch coins like the "Rijksdaalder" (nlg 2,50 =eur 1,15) which is a real coin, it is big and heavy. or the "dubbeltje" (nlg 0,10 = eur 0,04) a lovely small coin (it was used for the design of the hole in a CD)
and i must confess that i still convert rather much

Evert · Post by **Evert** » Sun Jun 09, 2002 3:36 am

I don't really miss the marks, but at least they didn't have any people in them... hahaha

10 pennies were annoying sometimes tho --

Euros are just ncie, just hate it how 1, 2 and 5 cent coins get so black or dark when used.

SteC · Post by **SteC** » Fri Jul 05, 2002 6:19 pm

I miss our 100 BEF bill a bit, as James Ensor was on it, and I live just like Ensor in Ostend, (I kept 1) but the Euro Bills designs are ok, although the 5 euro bill is small, and the 100 is BIG.

The coins are some of a problem to me, before the Euro, we had 4 coins: 1BEF, 5BEF, 20 BEF and 50 BEF, now, we have 8 of them, but they are well designed, and I'm getting used to them.
I experience the Euro as good, because I Study in Holland, and return every week, I don't have to put guilders with me any more, and I got rid of that ugly Frans Hals 10 guilder note

greets,
SteC

DoubleYou · Post by **DoubleYou** » Sat Jul 06, 2002 10:34 am

Craft wrote:BTW, well before New Year I took the effort to collect at least a couple of banknotes of each currency that were to die because of the euro. I have these:

Finland: FIM 10,20,50,100,500,1000 (which is all of them of course + many older ones)
Germany: DEM 5,10,20,50(two versions),100 (+ some older ones)
Austria: ATS 50,100 (and regretting I didn't buy 500 or 1000)
Netherlands: NLG 10,25,50,100 (regretting not having 250 and 1000)
Belgium: BEF 100,200,500 (regretting not having the one with V.Horta)
Luxembourg: None!
Ireland: IEP 5,10
France: FRF 50,100,200,500 (that makes all of them; and a couple of older ones)
Spain: ESP 1000,2000
Portugal: PTE 500,1000,2000
Italy: ITL 1000,2000,5000,10000
Greece: GDR 100,200,1000,10000

I guess you're rich...

smh · Post by **smh** » Sat Jul 06, 2002 9:03 pm

Craft wrote: Netherlands: NLG 10,25,50,100 (regretting not having 250 and 1000)

Do you only have the latest version of those bills? Every couple of years they designed a new note. IIRC the last one was the 10 guilder note. This was the only denomination with both a new and an old design as legal tender before the euro came.

BTW, i must still have a 5 guilder bill somewere

Here is a link with all the old dutch banknotes (at least the ones i can remember) http://home.planet.nl/~j.piers/history-eng.html

bhoeyb · Post by **bhoeyb** » Sat Jul 06, 2002 10:54 pm

That's OK because I don't know much about Finland and want to learn more :wink:

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