Which side of the Euro is heads?

Third_Echelon · 11-02-2005 10:11AM

Healio wrote:

im not disagreeing with you, im just saying the harp is the front of the irish punt coins.

Reading the link from Victors post to the irish central bank, it does say for the old irish pound coin that the deer is on the reverse, but that just makes no sense at all...

They even contradict their text by showing the deer side (which they claim is the reverse) and show it on the 'up side' of the display case. Now if that isn't fcuked up, i dont know what is...

The front of the coin is always the side with the amount on it. Trust the irish to go and fcuk that up...

With the euro coins there is no way that the harp is the front...

cajun_tiger · 11-02-2005 12:13PM

with any coin its head is the one with the money amount and tails is the other side...

Goodshape · 11-02-2005 12:24PM

Harp is heads if you ask me. What ever about 'front' or 'back' - the harp's the national symbal; therefor heads.

'Heads or harps' I never used. The animals also had tails

Gilgamesh · 11-02-2005 12:30PM

cajun_tiger wrote:

with any coin its head is the one with the money amount and tails is the other side...

Agree with Caj on this one

bringitdown · 11-02-2005 01:01PM

Ah, there's an interesting story behind this nickel. In 1957, I remember it was, I got up in the morning and made myself a piece of toast. I set the toaster to three - medium brown..

Anyhew -I agree with the head or harp faction, so given we still have a harp, then the head is the other side is it not.

CrowdedHouse · 11-02-2005 01:13PM

Seeing as how any Euro coin(/me checks change) from whatever country will have a map on it,I propose we officially declare this 'Heads'...as its 1.most likely we will be using a Euro coin and 2.Boards.ie decisions carry a lot of weight

fjon · 11-02-2005 02:34PM

RE*AC*TOR wrote:

Generally the old Irish coins had animals - which had heads - so heads or harps was the term used. And therefore I'd call the map side heads now.

The animals used also all had tails

Blisterman · 11-02-2005 04:41PM

cajun_tiger wrote:

with any coin its head is the one with the money amount and tails is the other side...

But english coins have the money amount on the tails side.

StupidLikeAFox · 11-02-2005 09:13PM

Does it really make a difference?

Blisterman · 11-02-2005 09:45PM

Yes it does. This could end up in a court of law some day.

Victor · 13-02-2005 09:39PM

cajun_tiger wrote:

with any coin its head is the one with the money amount and tails is the other side...

But take a Spanish €1 coin, that has a head on one side and a map (and the amount) on the other.

I claim "heads and tails" and "heads and harps" to be defunct.

Healio · 14-02-2005 02:05AM

Just to finish this off, i said the harp is the front of the coin, i never said "heads" was either so "heads" can be the map, but the harp is still the front. And if it is such a big thing why no say Europe or Harp?

Which side of the Euro is heads?

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