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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3514721, member: 39&quot;]When I was in the (neighboring) Netherlands for the first time as a kid, I thought the dubbeltje (10 ct coin) was play money. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Our (German) 1 pfennig coin did indeed circulate until the end of the DM cash in late 2001. Its &quot;ancestors&quot; between 1873 and 1940 were 17.5 mm copper coins, the ones between 1940 and 1948 they were 17.0 mm zinc, and when that &quot;DM pfennig&quot; was introduced in 1948 (copper-plated steel), it shrunk to 16.5 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the 1 cent coin that we (in the euro area) have now is even a tad smaller: 16.25 mm. Several member states do not use it any more due to its low value ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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