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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. Adobe by moosesocks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow. Adobe's going to have a hard time with this one.

    Wait a sec... whose side ARE they on?

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    1. Re:Adobe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      you can't photocopy coins silly

      Sure you can. It's passing them for real that's really hard.

  2. Let me help... by LordOfYourPants · · Score: 5, Funny

    How long until someone imprints goatse into the third visual phase of the coin as a prank?

  3. Next: advertizing! by psyconaut · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine...take 10 Euros out of your pocket, and one of those images is MacDonalds, one Coca Cola, one Vodafone ;-)

    -psy

  4. Awsome by Flozzin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we can start to mint those Clinton, Hillary, Monica coins right away!

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  5. 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.