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starcapitan · Post by **starcapitan** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:01 pm

in

they don't have the 1 in coins

strange . .
I am going to search 4

and

b4 €

tabbs · Post by **tabbs** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:22 pm

starcapitan wrote:in they don't have the 1 in coins strange . .

Ask your parents how it was in

before 2002.

The 1000 lire coin, which I think was the highest coin denomination in circulation, was about 52 (€-)cents. In Cyprus the "biggest" coin is the 50 (£-)cents piece which is about 85 (€-)cents. http://www.euro.cy/euro/euro.nsf/dmlind ... n?OpenForm So yes, people will have to get used to coins being worth more than twice that amount. But who knows - without the euro changeover, Cyprus might have introduced a £1 coin sooner or later anyway ...

Christian

starcapitan · Post by **starcapitan** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:17 pm

I have sent an e-mail to euro.cy ( nice the

to create an euro site )asking to advertise eurobt.eu , the no-profit site where we can track € banknotes and see their characteristic and where they have been and go !! !! It is multilanguages
do the same !! it could work
SAY IT HERE ciao
andre

androl · Post by **androl** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:40 pm

tabbs wrote:The current Cyprus currency is called "pound" in English but "lira" in Greek. As that Wikipedia article explains, both refer to the Latin "libra"

"pound" and "lira" both originally referred to a mass of about 500 g in the culture of the different countries with different languages. I don't believe these words are in any way etymologically linked, they just describe similar things. But as every country used to have different definitions of weight units, I also don't think that "pound" and "lira" referred to the exactly same mass. So, in my eyes, they are different things. And in today's usage, a name of a currency does not imply a "meaning", it is rather a "name". You can't really say, the pound sterling and the Italian lira have anything in common, which the German mark does not share. In English, the different "crown" currencies of the Scandinavian and Czecho-Slovak countries even have different words (IIRC crown, krone, krona), so I find it strange to "translate" pound to lira or lira to pound.

starcapitan · Post by **starcapitan** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:52 am

I found that in

they forgot here the

and I sent an email

what a distraction

ciao , andre

That's

!!
FORZA CIPRO
P.S. go on pushing them to advertise eurobilltracker , it could really work in that island to spread knowledge about €

see 2 posts above !

tabbs · Post by **tabbs** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:43 pm

androl wrote:"pound" and "lira" both originally referred to a mass of about 500 g in the culture of the different countries with different languages. I don't believe these words are in any way etymologically linked, they just describe similar things.

Right, they are two etymologically unrelated terms which refer to the same weight, and later currency unit. The Latin "libra" means scales (de: Waage) while "pound" probably goes back to Latin "pondus" (en: weight, de: Gewicht). The Roman libra, as a weight, was about 330 grams. Even the mark used to be a weight unit in the Midle Ages, of about 230 g.

The "Roman based" system that Charlemagne introduced (and that the British used until the 1970s) had 1 libra/pound = 20 solidi/shillings = 240 denarii/pennies (or pence). Charlemagne's libra was about 400 grams, ie. 1 pound meant 400 g silver. Note that denarius and Pfennig, again etymologically unrelated, also refer to the same unit or coin. Back then, the Pfennig was a small silver piece.

Christian

starcapitan · Post by **starcapitan** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:09 pm

Who knows what I have to put instead of XXXX in http://www.eurobilltracker.eu/img/flags/XXXX.gif - with the first written capital - 2 go 2 the VaticanCity and S.Marino flags,thanks a lot

ciao,andre

tabbs · Post by **tabbs** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:28 pm

These should work ...

http://www.eurobilltracker.eu/img/flags ... Marino.gif
http://www.eurobilltracker.eu/img/flags ... 20City.gif

Christian

starcapitan · Post by **starcapitan** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:31 pm

tabbs wrote:These should work ...

http://www.eurobilltracker.eu/img/flags ... Marino.gif
http://www.eurobilltracker.eu/img/flags ... 20City.gif

Christian

Thanks a lot . . grazie tante . . ciao . . andre

now I can modify a post

starcapitan · Post by **starcapitan** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:59 pm

They modified the page ( see 5th post above )
W CYPRUS
ciao
push them to advertise EBT ( see 7th post above )

they read the e-mails

starcapitan · Post by **starcapitan** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:42 pm

Off-topic
I have seen that Slovakia coat of arms ( the one that is on the flag & on the 1-2 € ) is also on the car plates

also for Romania flag it's the same

and 4 the Bulgaria's one too

ciao,andre

I have met these tirs on the Genoa-XXmiglia highway

Dakkus · Post by **Dakkus** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:08 pm

Those are the old Romanian and Bulgarian plates. Now that they have joined EU, the new plates will have the EU stars in the place of the flag.
It was the same with Hungary and Poland before they joined. For Poland it took several years getting rid of its stock of old licence plates, which meant that the plates with the stars in the place of the flag are still relatively rare there.

starcapitan · Post by **starcapitan** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:34 pm

it's half off - topic but I didn't know where to post it

on 21st december 9 new states will join the Schengen space . They are now if I am right 13 (

) +

&

so 15 ,they joining ones are :

Cyprus will join 1 year later

Good 4 travels

I apologize with the Moderators I will try to post something in Europe grazie , ciao , andre

Yelverdack · Post by **Yelverdack** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:21 am

And Switzerland also, one year later

starcapitan · Post by **starcapitan** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:47 am

Ciao Yelverdack , welcome !!
So also Switzerland will join Schengen in 1 year , GOOD NEWS

ciao ancora
andre
Sorry where do u get your notes as a matter of fact you live in a no € country

EuroBillTracker

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