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Kaz · 01-13-2002, 06:35 AM

Indeed!
Well, as far as I see, it's not famous BUILDINGS, it's architectural styles. So, for instance, you see a Greek/Roman style building on the 5 Euro note, a Romanic style building on the 10 Euro, Gothic on the 20 Euro, Renaissance on the 50 Euro, Barock on the 100 Euro, etc. However, the buildings are imaginary, not real. Overly politically correct, is what I say. Boring.
The coins are more interesting, different ones for every country. For instance, here in Germany we have our familiar Oak leaf (don't ask me what it stands for) on the 1c and 5c coins, the Brandenburger Tor on the 10c, 20c, 50c coins and the Eagle on the 1 Euro and 2 Euro coins.
An interesting bit of trivia: The German 1 Euro piece is not perfectly balanced. In an experiment, it was proven that, when flipping the coin, the eagle-side came up 7% more often than the number-side. My theory: The word "Euro" is longer than the word "DM", so the number-side is heavier... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

01-13-2002, 06:35 AM	#11
Kaz Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom Join Date: August 16, 2001 Location: UK Posts: 2,891	Indeed! Well, as far as I see, it's not famous BUILDINGS, it's architectural styles. So, for instance, you see a Greek/Roman style building on the 5 Euro note, a Romanic style building on the 10 Euro, Gothic on the 20 Euro, Renaissance on the 50 Euro, Barock on the 100 Euro, etc. However, the buildings are imaginary, not real. Overly politically correct, is what I say. Boring. The coins are more interesting, different ones for every country. For instance, here in Germany we have our familiar Oak leaf (don't ask me what it stands for) on the 1c and 5c coins, the Brandenburger Tor on the 10c, 20c, 50c coins and the Eagle on the 1 Euro and 2 Euro coins. An interesting bit of trivia: The German 1 Euro piece is not perfectly balanced. In an experiment, it was proven that, when flipping the coin, the eagle-side came up 7% more often than the number-side. My theory: The word "Euro" is longer than the word "DM", so the number-side is heavier... [img]tongue.gif[/img]