De Orc Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 If they are toxic then dont eat them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRnholio Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_ROTTERDAMMER Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 In The Netherlands we did have 100% nickel coins before the euro. Since the euro we don't wear wooden shoes and gloves anymore :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zjemller Posted April 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Well even if I found out that euros contained uranium I'd still collect'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zjemller Posted April 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 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 I so want one of these Now my german isn't great-Why was this beauty made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zjemller Posted April 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I so want one of these 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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