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Re:The new £1 Coin by ptaipale on Monday March 27, 2017 @07:28AM (#13966759)
Likewise for the euro: the Thailand 10 baht coin (worth about 27 cents) is quite similar to 2 euro coin, similar enough that you actually have to look carefully to notice.

Each euro country mints their own coins with different insignia, so people are used to 2 euro coins that what whatever figurehead.

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Re:The new £1 Coin by r00fus on Monday March 27, 2017 @05:26PM (#13971916)
That always piqued my interest as to how more easier Euro coins were to counterfeit given the numerous variations on coinheads.
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Re:The new £1 Coin by ptaipale on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @01:01AM (#13974215)
Yes, compared to most of the previous national currencies; in the U.S. there also seem to be a number of variations of coin heads (for quarters at least). The coins in U.S. are smaller value so it does not matter as much.

The 1 and 2 euro coins are dual metal though, making the counterfeiting much less lucrative. The Finnish 10 mark coins also used to be dual metal; so I think was the French 10 franc coin; I don't recall if others had much security against counterfeiting.

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