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i_wanna_blue
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30 Nov 2009, 6:56 am

Just thought it might be fun to post pics of bank notes and coins of your country's currency.

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30 Nov 2009, 7:49 am

Euro's here in France. People don't tend to use any denominations higher than 50 though. 100+ too many forgeries and not all shops accept them.

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30 Nov 2009, 10:11 am

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30 Nov 2009, 10:16 am

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02 Dec 2009, 1:18 pm

All images courtesy of the Royal Canadian Mint and the Bank of Canada

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02 Dec 2009, 1:39 pm

mine are boring:

my favourites are Swiss francs:

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03 Dec 2009, 12:27 am

They are legal tender, but you'd be crazy to spend 'em.LOL

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03 Dec 2009, 12:40 am

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03 Dec 2009, 1:39 am

This is our new, wannabe-EU currency:

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03 Dec 2009, 11:12 am

Forgot to post coins: :doh:

All the currencies look really cool, especially the blue notes.

I also think the cavities in the middle of the coins make them look better.

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03 Dec 2009, 11:55 am

Since 2002 we have the Euro as currency in Holland but I miss some of more beautiful old 'Gilder/ Gulden' banknotes.
Here are some examples (one side of them)....