Off topic shout out to anyone from Finland !!

sorry to be putting this here but i need to make contact with any member who's
located in finland.i have a personel request for anyone who might be willing
to do me a small favour.please pm me if you think that might be you.

thanks in advance.

crap ! thanks for pointing that out.

anyone interested can get me at ncc01@ eircom . net

>i can see this isin't going to be easy !

any suggestions ??

what ! why ? what did i do ?

finland represent.

herra my friend !

thanks for replying !

i have a request,totally non tv related,it's a personal favour i need to ask
of you and to date your the ony person in finland i have contact with through
any medium.

what i'm looking for believe it or not is a 1 cent and a 2 cent euro coin,one
of each,from finland.my dad has a collection of all the euro state coins in a
big display case and the only two he's missing are the 1 and 2 from finland !

do you think you could help me out ?

i'm not sure what i can offer you in return apart from an invitation to
deonoid if that's of any use to you !but if your interested in helping me i'm
sure we can work something out :-).

another one from finland here.

as to your request, no such coins exist *in use*, only as collector's items.
from wikipedia:

finland does not issue any 1- and 2-cent coins, apart from in collector's sets.
all cash prices are rounded to the nearest 5 cents, negating any need for the
coins. although the coins are not readily encountered in finland, it is still
legal to use them.

similarly, the netherlands have also practically decommissioned the 1- and 2-
cent coins, pressured by the retail business who claim dealing with 1- and 2-
cent coins is too expensive. after a successful experiment in shops in the city
of woerden in may 2004, retailers in the whole of the netherlands have been
permitted to round cash transactions to the nearest 5-cent amount since
september 2004. even though the 1- and 2-cent coins have become very uncommon
now, they remain official currency and a valid method of payment.

in general, if a country decides not to mint these denominations, coins from
other member states will remain legal tender. this is the case in finland and
the netherlands in present times. however, as the "foreign" monetary mass is
lower than the internal, the number of 1- and 2-cent coins would stay marginal,
hencefore, not being a great concern for most retailers.

if this guy's representative of everyone from finland.. i feel sorry for the
finnish.

sure would like to know what you meant by that remark...

thanks for the info.i had no idea that was the situation in finland.look\'s
like i might be on to a lost cause !

what i meant by that remark? take it literally hehe.. i feel sorry for the
finnish... that's all.