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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 828, member: 39"]In some countries the old notes and even coins can be exchanged into euros without any time limit, so basically that old money will never lose its value. By the way, a picture of such a stamped or bent coin is here: http://www.falschgeld-infopoint.de/images/entw.jpg</p><p><br /></p><p>It shows a 1 DEM coin and a euro blank. One of the companies that buy the old coins and make such new blanks is VDN Eurocoin, and that company also sells "sets" of such stamped coins:</p><p>http://www.eurocoin.de/EuroCoinShop/kursset_g.gif</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice souvenir but a bit costly. The store in the Money Museum in Frankfurt, for example, also has such ex-coins; a 50 Pf piece costs 50 ct, a 5 DM coin is € 3. They also have shredded paper money ... a great way of buying about 250,000 Marks for only € 35. Shredded euros are more expensive: For € 2500 you'd have to pay € 12 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 828, member: 39"]In some countries the old notes and even coins can be exchanged into euros without any time limit, so basically that old money will never lose its value. By the way, a picture of such a stamped or bent coin is here: http://www.falschgeld-infopoint.de/images/entw.jpg It shows a 1 DEM coin and a euro blank. One of the companies that buy the old coins and make such new blanks is VDN Eurocoin, and that company also sells "sets" of such stamped coins: http://www.eurocoin.de/EuroCoinShop/kursset_g.gif Nice souvenir but a bit costly. The store in the Money Museum in Frankfurt, for example, also has such ex-coins; a 50 Pf piece costs 50 ct, a 5 DM coin is € 3. They also have shredded paper money ... a great way of buying about 250,000 Marks for only € 35. Shredded euros are more expensive: For € 2500 you'd have to pay € 12 :-) Christian[/QUOTE]
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