It makes you wonder whether the eurocrats fear a mass revolt against the new coins and paper money.

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Grant says Brinks can handle the paper money and Coinstar can process the coins.

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Now with gold over valued, silver coins disappeared from circulation and gold coins (and paper money) dominated the currency.

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Paper money is allowed, but only as warehouse receipts for gold coins.

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Eventually France returned to gold mostly because paper money fell out of use entirely by 1797, and bullion coins again became the standard of commerce.

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Money needs to be flexible: incarnating itself as coins, paper, bonds, stocks or zipping electronic impulses.

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Most of the coins were melted down and turned into bullion, therefore impeding future, private efforts to convert paper money.

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