Euro trash... I mean coins

Am I the only one desperately hoping Europe will dump the Euro and countries will go back to individual currencies and start making legit coins again?

How did we go from this: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26471.html

to this: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces106.html

As a euro user and living close to national borders of eurozone countries, I would never agree with your opinion, even there are more and more dangers between the Greek crisis still unsolved and the arise of some eurosceptics. But I prefer seeing the practical side, abd the funny search of foreign coinage in my change. And please, do not speak about "legit" coins...

More over, you can't compare old coins from the end of XIXth century or the beginning of the XXth one with modern coinage. This is too much old times for our economy.

German mark was ruined long before the euro.

Pre-euro coins weren't a loss but the banknotes were in my opinion.


All this was turned into this:

Цитата: "kolikko99"​German mark was ruined long before the euro.
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​Pre-euro coins weren't a loss but the banknotes were in my opinion.
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​I agree for the Mark, but I think this concerns all European currencies, this was due to WWI and amplified by WWII.

For the French banknote your style would be maybe better like former ones, as the last series were a little more original than former series...

Цитата: "Numis545"​am I the only one desperatly hoping europe will dump the euro and countries will go back to individual currencies and start making legit coins again?
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​how did we go from this: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26471.html
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​to this: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces106.html

​It's difficult to compare a 5 mark coin from 1896 with a 2 euro cents
Lets try this comparison with US coins

Do not forget that coins of 2 mark and upper denominations are not unified in the German Empire, but specific of each German nation inside the Reich (excluding the Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen which is not a German nation but directly administrated by the Empire)... Look well the coins, you'll find the same mess in higher denominations

I see what your saying with not being able to compare the 2 but jeuro coins are for the most part so bland

Цитата: "Numis545"​I see what your saying with not being able to compare the 2 but jeuro coins are for the most part so bland

​And German marks weren't?

Yes, that was also going to be my point, German marks were bland for 50 years, and even Ugly, there was the series of old decrepit men. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1935.html

this one is very ugly, please swap me a 2 cent coin with beautiful oak leaf instead-https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1934.html

Yes,
I guess you are the only one

But I really like Euro notes

Coins:
Like already stated one can not easily compare coinage of for the time considerable value with something that some people throw away because it has so little value.
Yes, they are not the prettiest coins in the but I have seen far more ugly ones.

Banknotes:
I like the theme from antiquity (5€) to the modern (500€).
The Euro was intentionally designed neutral ... you can't simply put some guy/gal from one nation on a bill in a union of many countries without stepping on some toes. So the theme architecture was chosen and non existing buildings with the style of different eras were designed ... at the end a good compromise.