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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1928797, member: 39&quot;]What I just find odd is the emphasis on &quot;fiat&quot; - as you wrote, there simply is nothing else. What is true though, and in that regard I agree with the authors, is that there is hardly any incentive to keep, say, a bronze or copper-nickel coin because of its intrinsic value ...</p><p><br /></p><p>As for those &quot;illegal exchanges&quot;, maybe some of the euro countries had restrictions regarding the continued use of old coins. But the article simply refers to a &quot;new law&quot;, without any further information. And I do know that around here you can certainly pay with DM cash if the store still accepts it. (Most don&#039;t, but that is a business decision, not some law.)</p><p><br /></p><p>While we do indeed not know exactly how many of those old coins &quot;survived&quot;, the fear that they may soon be gone is an exaggeration, I think. In Germany, for example, about 24 billion DM and Pf coins, worth 3.5 billion euro, have not been redeemed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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