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New Euro Coin Released With MultiView Effect

Posted by timothy on from the newton-would-be-proud dept.

Jacco de Leeuw writes "Remember those postcards that showed different pictures depending on the angle you looked at them? Royal Dutch Mint has placed a new 10 Euro coin into circulation today that exhibits a similar effect. They invented a new minting technique called MultiView Minting. One side of the coin shows photos of the Dutch heir to the throne, his wife and their newborn daughter Amalia. The three pictures were lasered onto 46 ribs, which is the number of chromosomes in a human cell. This clip shows the effect."

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  1. Taiwan 50 by bruthasj · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The Taiwanese 50 NT (1.50 USD) had this for years switching between the Arabic and Chinese numeral "50". And, it's not a collectors item, it's normal everyday currency. Sorry I don't have linkage or any more knowledge about the topic than this. Any takers on explaining?

  2. Those looney Dutch... by jpop32 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The Dutch are prone to stuff like this.

    Their paper money (before it was replaced by Euros) was the funkiest ever. Full color, groovy designs. Looked like techno party flyers to me. Take a look:

    http://www.rgaros.nl/money/notes/index.html

    I once had a funny incident on italian railways when the train conductor refused to accept a 100 guilder banknote. He didn't believe me it was legitimate money (neither did three of his coworkers). It sure didn't help that the exchange rates table he had said 'Holland' and on the banknote it was 'Nederland'.

    So I had to get out at the next train station. :-)

    The Netherlands is one sweet country.