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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. Euro by cookiepus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    90% off topic. I am going to Amsterdam at the end of March. What's the best way to convert to Euros from USD? Buy Euros at my bank in the US? Exchange once I get to the Netherlands?

    Thanks in advance, and sorry again for off-topic.

    PS: Any fun ideas/lodging suggestions, plz msg ;-)

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    1. Re:Euro by cookiepus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Thanks. But since I am going to Amsterdam I'll figure I'd need some cash as well. Although something like this would make a great ad:

      5 grams of hash 60 Euros
      Mushroom Caps 12 euros, each
      Prostitute, Blonde 100 euros for half hour

      Having a trip to amsterdam you only remember from your creditcard statements: priceless

      Some things, money can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. Accepted everywhere. Even Rasta Baby's.

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  2. Oh no! willex on slashdot. by slpyhd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Delete my account NOW please.