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Using Euro coins as weights (2004)

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180 points Tomte | 1 comments | 20 Oct 24 10:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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nathell ◴[20 Oct 24 12:11 UTC] No.41894825[source]▶
Euro coins circulating in various countries of the Eurozone have different obverses – I wonder whether that affects weight?
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simonjgreen ◴[20 Oct 24 12:15 UTC] No.41894845[source]▶
I was thinking similar, but then it occurred to me that they may be debossed, rather than engraved, so no change to material? Not a coin expert :D
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1. johannes1234321 ◴[20 Oct 24 17:19 UTC] No.41896921[source]▶
Yes, they stamp/press it and the deformation of that process is also used to fit the inner to the outer part on the 1 and 2 Euro coins.

See this German children's program: https://youtu.be/nBuSmbcp1AE (seems to only have German subtitles, but they are quite visual)