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THE EURO FACT OR FICTION??

Greekofile

2010-07-12 17:04:47

been informed by a friend that whilst in Italy a shop keeper refused to accept his euro notes because they were "Greek". said you could identify which country they originated from by a letter in front of the numbers. I thought that the euro was THE euro so has he had his leg pulled olr is it true.From what was said it still appears that the euro, especially in Greece, is very frag
ile.
Anyone else experienced the same?? or is it scaremongering?

Wizard

2010-07-12 17:34:04

Re: THE EURO FACT OR FICTION??

yes you can tell which euro notes and coins come from each country,
no matter which country's code shows all euro notes and coins are issued by the central European bank, so it just proves if the Greek euro isn't worth anything then neither are the Spanish, Cypriot, Portuguese, Italian, German etc....

its either to be taken with a large dose of salts or an uneducated Italian shop keeper... take your pick

yasus
wizard

iallen

2010-07-12 19:14:05

Re: THE EURO FACT OR FICTION??

just come back from parga and found it cheap to eat out, drinks could be a bit pricy, but spent £150 less than in santorini last year, so i would say yes there is a lot of scaremongering