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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 618350, member: 39&quot;]De nada. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Oh, and in the May issue of De Muntkoerier there was some more info about the maps used for the Manhattan coin: &quot;De plattegronden op de hightech munt zijn door muntontwerper Ronald van Tienhoven gebaseerd op satellietbeelden van Google Earth en op historische kaarten uit de 17e eeuw van The Wildlife Conservation Society.&quot; Here is a video, also in Dutch, about the piece: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iklhCwlUh-U" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iklhCwlUh-U" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iklhCwlUh-U</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The comment at the end (&quot;het Manhattan Vijfe is een wettig betaalmiddel&quot;) may be a little misleading; contrary to the circulation coins and the commemorative €2 coins which can be used normally (ie. anywhere within the euro area), these collector pieces cannot be used outside the issuing member state. But it does provide some interesting background info about the coin and its design.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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