Euro coin

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At present, the Euro coin, shows a map of "europe", presumably representing the countries that the Euro is valid in, or the countries that are in the European Union...

Britain features quite prominently, almost at the centre - how ironic - when we opted to keep the good old british pound as our currency ! ..

Wonder what will happen when we finally leave... will all the current coins in circulation be eventually recalled, and Great Britain ground off, so that we are no longer "at the centre" of the coin ? ? ? ?  and will new issues of the coin, cleverly omit Great Britain from the map of Europe  ? ? 

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Who cares, @shutter ? We don't use them in the UK as our currency and who actually studies the cash you carry around, anyway? I can't even tell you what is on the obverse of our coins.

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I don't see why this would be the case @shutter, as the Euro will still be acceptable in the UK. Maybe we'll get moved to the periphery of the map, but as @jab1 says who cares, I don't.

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@shutter 

I suppose they could just drill a hole in them like those Chinese ones, although suprised to see after a  little (re)search that the French did the same at one time.

Who'd have thought eh? 

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Same here, but isn't the UK the centre of the known World? It must be with all those heathen lands like Antarctica clamouring at our doors.

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After all we are Great Britain so it makes sense we remain on the Euro......

This gives the rest of them something to be aiming for.....

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@gleneagles wrote:

This gives the rest of them something to be aiming for.....

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Herr Hitler already tried that... with the V1 and V2 ! ! 

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We may leave the European Union, but we will still be a part of the land mass that it attributed to Europe, so no change there then?

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@Marksfish wrote:

We may leave the European Union, but we will still be a part of the land mass that it attributed to Europe, so no change there then?

The best thing that happened to UK was that the land bridge that used to connect Dover to Calais was washed away by water from melting ice after the last ice age - left a nice 21 mile gap, IMHO that is still not wide enough though.

Who cares what they put on Euro currency,  they will all be burnt or melted down soon when the pixie dust currency fails and countries go back to proper money that individual countries have proper control over...

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As far as I can tell the map on the coins I acquired in 2004 is of the 15 countries that were EU members at the time the currency was introduced (2002).  "Beginning in 2007 or 2008 (depending on the country), the old map was replaced by a map of Europe also showing countries outside the EU like Norway, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and Turkey." (Wikipedia)

So it looks like we'll remain on the currency, if not as a member.  It isn't unusual for out-of-date coins to remain in circulation; we had shilling and two-shilling coins for a couple of decades after decimalisation (many bearing the image of George VI, and the queen was 25 years old on all our coins until the 1990s).

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@wotsup wrote:

The best thing that happened to UK was that the land bridge that used to connect Dover to Calais was washed away by water from melting ice after the last ice age - left a nice 21 mile gap, IMHO that is still not wide enough though.

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The worst thing that happened was digging that blessed tunnel!! Still, we are always saying that landfill is running out, we could use that instead?

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@Jonpe 

"It isn't unusual for out-of-date coins to remain in circulation..."

If anybody has any out of date gold sovereigns I'm more than happy to take them off their hands free of chartge - age and condition no object! 

Seems to recall that at one time in the not to distant past the silver content of coins especially those two bob bits still in circulation were worth more than their face value? Now half a crowns, there was a coin worth holding.

Still got a baccy tin full of old (50% silver) 3 pence around somewhere worth.... not a lot. 😋

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@Minivanman wrote:

@Jonpe 

"It isn't unusual for out-of-date coins to remain in circulation..."

If anybody has any out of date gold sovereigns I'm more than happy to take them off their hands free of chartge - age and condition no object! 

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Well, I've heard people ask Post Office staff after 'the festive season' whether Christmas stamps are still valid; perhaps you should offer to dispose of their out-of-date coins for them.  I wonder if there is some overseas call centre getting ready to offer to exchange our out-of-date banknotes once Her Majesty 'retires'.

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@Minivanman wrote:

Still got a baccy tin full of old (50% silver) 3 pence around somewhere worth.... not a lot. 😋

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Everyone round to Minivanman`s house for Christms pud this year then... ( 10 Gufffawing Welshman smiley `s )

*Yeah, I know the rules say no more than three... but mine are "virtual" smileys ! ! !  

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@Minivanman wrote:

Seems to recall that at one time in the not to distant past the silver content of coins especially those two bob bits still in circulation were worth more than their face value? Now half a crowns, there was a coin worth holding.

Still got a baccy tin full of old (50% silver) 3 pence around somewhere worth.... not a lot. 😋

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When the actual value of metal in coins is worth more than their face value it is a problem for the Royal mint, that is why small value 'copper' coins are now plated steel ( yes, you can pick up 1p and 2p coins with a magnet ).