EURO COINS ARE TOXIC Has anyone heard of that? I guess next time I handle my EUROS I got to wear gloves 
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EURO COINS ARE TOXIC Has anyone heard of that? I guess next time I handle my EUROS I got to wear gloves
QUOTE(zjemller @ Mar 23 2008, 11:16 PM) 
EURO COINS ARE TOXIC Has anyone heard of that? I guess next time I handle my EUROS I got to wear gloves Uhoh...
Maybe it's a good idea that the UK hasn't adopted the Euro, yet...
If this scare is true, one has to wonder how come neither US 5¢ pieces, nor Canadian nickel coins, have caused any such problems.
QUOTE(satootoko @ Mar 23 2008, 07:39 PM)
If this scare is true, one has to wonder how come neither US 5¢ pieces, nor Canadian nickel coins, have caused any such problems.
That's a good question. No, actually, that's a very good question.
QUOTE(satootoko @ Mar 23 2008, 06:39 PM)
If this scare is true, one has to wonder how come neither US 5¢ pieces, nor Canadian nickel coins, have caused any such problems.
Maybe they have. Maybe we are being posend with our nickels without even knowing it.
"Toxic" isn't even close to the right description of an allergy to a metal. That article is extremely misleading. Saying that nickel coins can be harmful while in your pants pockets is 100% false.
Source: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nickel-allergy/DS00826
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Introduction
Nickel is a metal found in many everyday items — from coins to belt buckles, and from jewelry to eyeglass frames.
Having an allergic reaction to nickel (nickel allergy) is common. In fact, nickel is one of the 10 most common causes of allergic contact dermatitis — a skin inflammation resulting in swollen, reddened and itchy skin due to direct contact with an allergen.
A nickel allergy may develop after your initial exposure to items containing nickel, or after repeated or prolonged exposure to nickel. In most cases, the resulting rash occurs only at the site of contact, though it may be found on other parts of your body as well.
Nickel allergy affects people of all ages. In most cases, it's a minor annoyance. However, in severe cases, the rash and extreme itching can be disabling — especially when located on your hands. There's no cure for nickel allergy. The best approach to nickel allergy is to avoid contact with nickel.
Nickel is a metal found in many everyday items — from coins to belt buckles, and from jewelry to eyeglass frames.
Having an allergic reaction to nickel (nickel allergy) is common. In fact, nickel is one of the 10 most common causes of allergic contact dermatitis — a skin inflammation resulting in swollen, reddened and itchy skin due to direct contact with an allergen.
A nickel allergy may develop after your initial exposure to items containing nickel, or after repeated or prolonged exposure to nickel. In most cases, the resulting rash occurs only at the site of contact, though it may be found on other parts of your body as well.
Nickel allergy affects people of all ages. In most cases, it's a minor annoyance. However, in severe cases, the rash and extreme itching can be disabling — especially when located on your hands. There's no cure for nickel allergy. The best approach to nickel allergy is to avoid contact with nickel.
Source: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nickel-allergy/DS00826
It's just people with nickel allergy and for some odd reason, Europeans are more sensitive to that allergy more than anyone else. This is the very reason why nickel is avoided from the coinage other than the nickel inner core as I am aware but I'm not too sure nonsense the site is about at the moment.
Yes, stay away from all those nickel coins! TOXIC!! Send them all to me instead!
(Oh, and stay away from self-acclaimed myth busters too.
)
Christian
(Oh, and stay away from self-acclaimed myth busters too.
)Christian
One of my good friends wears a pocket watch because he can't have a stainless steal watch on his hand due to his allergy.
That's bizarre 
Must be the chrome level in stainless that's making him allergic against.
Must be the chrome level in stainless that's making him allergic against.
A good reason to avoid the Euros 
QUOTE(gxseries @ Mar 24 2008, 01:30 PM)
That's bizarre Must be the chrome level in stainless that's making him allergic against.
Must be the chrome level in stainless that's making him allergic against.he said its the nickel. I told him to stay away from turbine blades in aeroplanes and other superalloys.
lol. materials science joke.
Looks like the guy is a "fear maker".
He also claims that pillows are dangerous.
He also claims that pillows are dangerous.
QUOTE(willieboyd2 @ Mar 24 2008, 10:25 PM)
Looks like the guy is a "fear maker".
He also claims that pillows are dangerous.
He also claims that pillows are dangerous.
He's right. They can be used to smother people or to help reduce the noise of a gunshot (as seen in the movies).
QUOTE(NumisMattic2200 @ Mar 25 2008, 01:46 AM)
A good reason to avoid the Euros
Sh-sh-sh. Don't tell the Brits that their coins contain even more nickel than the euro pieces.
The EU limitations that apply to earrings for example - stuff that your skin is more or less permanently exposed to - do of course not apply to coins. Yet the EU decided in the 90s that the cent coins (€0.01-0.50) would not have any nickel at all. That is, across all denominations you have significantly less nickel than, say, in pre-euro German coins or in British decimal coinage. Well, then somebody came up with the idea that bi-metallic coins "let out" more nickel than others due to their composition - again without taking into account, it seems, that jewellery and coins are used in quite different ways. A good reason to avoid the £2 pieces, hehe.
Christian
QUOTE(tabbs @ Mar 25 2008, 10:52 AM)
Sh-sh-sh. Don't tell the Brits that their coins contain even more nickel than the euro pieces.
Christian
Christian
Yes but they are at least British
Interesting.
In all my years, I've heard of far more people allergic to silver and the "cheap" gold alloys, and not once have I heard of a nickel allergy. Trust me, I sold flutes for years, and anyone allergic to silver had to get a gold-plated lip plate or a nickel-plated flute, and not ONCE did I come across anyone allergic to the nickel ones!
In all my years, I've heard of far more people allergic to silver and the "cheap" gold alloys, and not once have I heard of a nickel allergy. Trust me, I sold flutes for years, and anyone allergic to silver had to get a gold-plated lip plate or a nickel-plated flute, and not ONCE did I come across anyone allergic to the nickel ones!
Any circulated coin should be considered toxic.
I wash my hands before and after I handle coins for the obvious reason that most people DON'T wash their hands before and after they handle coins.
As for nickel being toxic, it probably is.
But I remember science class in the early 1960's where you could play with liquid mercury with your bare hands.
It's a wonder I'm still alive...
I wash my hands before and after I handle coins for the obvious reason that most people DON'T wash their hands before and after they handle coins.
As for nickel being toxic, it probably is.
But I remember science class in the early 1960's where you could play with liquid mercury with your bare hands.
It's a wonder I'm still alive...
QUOTE(NumisMattic2200 @ Mar 25 2008, 04:22 PM)
Yes but they are at least British
Well said Matt!
Christian seems to be on an Anti-British Campaign recently!
QUOTE(hiho @ Mar 26 2008, 10:08 AM)
Any circulated coin should be considered toxic.
I wash my hands before and after I handle coins for the obvious reason that most people DON'T wash their hands before and after they handle coins.
I wash my hands before and after I handle coins for the obvious reason that most people DON'T wash their hands before and after they handle coins.
Is your name Monk by any chance?
QUOTE(YeOldeCollector @ Mar 26 2008, 11:00 AM)
Well said Matt!
Christian seems to be on an Anti-British Campaign recently!
Christian seems to be on an Anti-British Campaign recently!
Yes, you're not allowed to be Anti-British
QUOTE(NumisMattic2200 @ Mar 26 2008, 04:28 PM)
Yes, you're not allowed to be Anti-British
You guy will not even allow me to be against you??
Those darn Brits ...
Christian
QUOTE(tabbs @ Mar 26 2008, 04:39 PM)
You guy will not even allow me to be against you??
Those darn Brits ...
Christian
Those darn Brits ...
Christian
Hi, Well if the Euros are toxic you can send them to me and i will exchange (Detox) them for dollars and aend them back to you. Less my commission.
them for dollars and aend them back to you. Less my commission.
Porschenut, you wouldn't like that as shipping from EU can be quite costly!
If they are toxic then dont eat them
QUOTE(satootoko @ Mar 23 2008, 11:39 PM)
If this scare is true, one has to wonder how come neither US 5¢ pieces, nor Canadian nickel coins, have caused any such problems.
When I was reading over the article, he said that the Euros have 100 times the amount that is safe to humans, and I'm guessing that Canadian / US coins have less then that.
QUOTE(Jess @ Mar 30 2008, 12:00 PM)
When I was reading over the article, he said that the Euros have 100 times the amount that is safe to humans, and I'm guessing that Canadian / US coins have less then that.
100 times more nickel than the current Canadian and US coins perhaps. But up until 1981 in Canada, 5 cent pieces were made of 100% nickel...
In The Netherlands we did have 100% nickel coins before the euro. Since the euro we don't wear wooden shoes and gloves anymore :-)
Well even if I found out that euros contained uranium I'd still collect'em
QUOTE(zjemller @ Apr 2 2008, 03:31 AM)
Well even if I found out that euros contained uranium I'd still collect'em
Your wish is ... ah well. Not quite but close.
http://www.wiley-vch.de/berlin/journals/ph...Phy1073-Web.pdf
(A medal, one of two made then.)
Christian
QUOTE(tabbs @ Apr 2 2008, 08:04 AM)
Your wish is ... ah well. Not quite but close.
http://www.wiley-vch.de/berlin/journals/ph...Phy1073-Web.pdf
(A medal, one of two made then.)
Christian
http://www.wiley-vch.de/berlin/journals/ph...Phy1073-Web.pdf
(A medal, one of two made then.)
Christian
I so want one of these
Now my german isn't great-Why was this beauty made?
QUOTE(NumisMattic2200 @ Mar 25 2008, 11:22 AM)
Yes but they are at least British
OK - Maybe of the topic, but I didn't want to start a new thread-Why are the Brits so anti-euro?
QUOTE(zjemller @ Apr 30 2008, 03:29 AM)
OK - Maybe of the topic, but I didn't want to start a new thread-Why are the Brits so anti-euro?
Because they are wrapped up in their self importance and can't accept the fact they are no longer a big empire. Basically.
QUOTE(zjemller @ Apr 3 2008, 04:30 AM)
I so want one of these
Now my german isn't great-Why was this beauty made?
Now my german isn't great-Why was this beauty made?
Sorry, had totally forgotten about that post.
While being interned after WW2, Friedrich Flick learned about a uranium find in Weißenstadt. Then, in the late 40s and early 50s, his company Maximilianshütte invested in the uranium exploration there. In 1956 it had these two medals made, to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy (and of course to profit from that use). According to the article, about 60 of these uranium medals were produced. But it soon turned out that uranium would have "no future as a coin metal" ...Christian
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