SV: The Euro Counts on Scrooge McDuck

[Georges Helm]

Of course the $crooge Euro is *not* legal money, only a collectible
coin.
Here are 2 Italian articles on the subject:
http://www.repubblica.it/quotidiano/repubblica/20010223/economia/37broma.html

http://www.repubblica.it/quotidiano/repubblica/20010228/economia/40ecoa.html

Georges

Bror.Hellman at partena.se wrote:

> > This was the headline of a brief news article on the front page
> > of the Syracuse Post-Standard of Wednesday,Feb 28,2001.
>
> > Europe is scheduled to switch to the euro Jan. 1,2002, with
> > the help of Scrooge McDuck. Disney's cartoon bazillionaire
> > is featured on "Uncle Scrooge" euro coins unveiled Tuesday
> > to be distributed in schools to promote the European Union's
> > single currency.
>
> European newspapers had some more specific details about this
> (not surprising) and named the country issuing the Scrooge Coin
> to be Italy (even LESS surprising :-)
>
> For people not living in the European Union, perhaps I should
> put some background to it.
>
> EU isn't like the USA, but a more loosely held federation of
> independent countries. Many of it's members (not everyone)
> will abandon their local currencies in 2002 and switch to
> the Euro.
>
> Each of the different countries are permitted to issue
> different Euro bills (banknotes) and coins. The reverse
> has a - for every country - common design, but the obverse
> is free for every country state to put their own design
> on it (for example, Denmark and Belgium would most likely
> want to put their respective monarchs on the coin.)
>
> According to this article, it's Italy that is about to Issue
> the first official "real" Disney Money. In my local paper it
> says that "the Italian president Umberto Virri and minister
> of finance Vincenzo Visco presented this new coin in Rome
> on the 27th of february."  .. otherwise it's the same
> article that was published i Syracuse Post-Standard (but
> translated into Swedish of course).
>
> It's illustrated by a picture (somewhat blurry) that is
> said to depict Virri and Visco and in the background a
> large projection of the coin, a picture of Scrooge and
> the text "Zip Paperone".
>
> The design looks familiar. I am not so good at identifyiong
> artists, but perhaps som of our italian friends here on the
> list have better information than my paper?
>
> Interesting to note that Italy is the first (?) to issue
> REAL Disney Currency.  I seem to remember that San Marino
> (a small self-gouverned city-state located inside Italy)
> was the first to issue real Disney stamps.
>
> Considering Italy's long history and tradition with Disney
> comics - I am not at all surprised about them issuing these
> coins.
>
> I just wonder when Finland will do the same.. :-)
>
> // Steamboat Willie
>
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