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The Euro

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rfid-tags-coming-soon dept.

Dizer writes: "Today sees the historic introduction of the new European Currency (Euro) into European hands. The Eurozone market, with a population of 300 million people, will be cashing in their Punts, Francs and Deutschmarks in favour of the new common Euro currency. This is the biggest currency transition in history, vive l'Europe! See stories on ireland.com or the BBC."

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  1. conversion by qqtortqq · · Score: 2, Redundant

    1 euro is equal to the following: Austrian Schillings = 13.7603 Belgian Francs = 40.3399 Dutch Guilders = 2.20371 Finnish Markka = 5.94573 French Francs = 6.55957 German Marks = 1.95583 Greek Drachmas = 340.750 Irish Pound (Púnt) = 0.787564 Italian Lira = 1936.27 Luxembourg Francs = 40.3399 Portugese Escudo = 200.482 Spanish Pesetas = 166.386

  2. Re:Complete image collection at official Euro site by weave · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Wow, so the fractions are called "cent" now. Now the EU shopkeepers can say things like "That will be 59 cent please" -- just like in the U.S (adjusted for local language of course. Hmm, le cent instead of les cent?).

    (from someone who is annoyed as hell at people who can't seem to understand how to pronounce "cents.")

    ...and from the looks of the coins, they already say just "cent" so it looks like cent is officially a plural of cent now, at least in E.U. :(

    It's phat. Word up mother fucker. I did it all for the nookie, the nookie....