Eitt af \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad sem fer \u00f3segjanlega \u00ed\u00ad taugarnar \u00e1 m\u00e9r, er \u00feegar f\u00f3lk slengir \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad fram umhugsunarlaust a\u00f0 hitt og \u00feetta \u00ed\u00ad \u00ed\u00adslensku samf\u00e9lagi hlj\u00f3ti a\u00f0 vera einstakt \u00ed\u00ad heiminum. Ef sagt er fr\u00e1 grunnsk\u00f3la \u00fati \u00e1 landi me\u00f0 tvo nemendur – vir\u00f0ist \u00feykja sj\u00e1lfsagt a\u00f0 hn\u00fdta \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00feetta s\u00e9r „l\u00ed\u00adklega minnsti sk\u00f3li \u00ed\u00ad heimi“ o.s.frv.<\/p>\n
Sl\u00ed\u00adkar einkunnir \u00feola sjaldnast n\u00e1nari athugun.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 pirrar mig \u00feess vegna gr\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0arlega \u00ed\u00ad \u00f6llum umr\u00e6\u00f0um um gjaldmi\u00f0ilsm\u00e1l \u00cdslendinga (kr\u00f3nur\/Evrur\/svissneskir frankar…) \u00feegar \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad er \u00ed\u00ad s\u00ed\u00adfellu slengt fram a\u00f0 \u00cdslendingar b\u00fai vi\u00f0 „minnsta sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0a myntkerfi\u00f0“ e\u00f0a hafi „minnsta sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0a gjaldmi\u00f0il \u00ed\u00ad heimi“.<\/p>\n
N\u00fa er \u00feessi sta\u00f0h\u00e6fing auglj\u00f3slega r\u00f6ng – og er \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad til marks um anna\u00f0 tveggja: a\u00f0 \u00feeir sem hafa hana eftir s\u00e9u illa a\u00f0 s\u00e9r e\u00f0a a\u00f0 \u00feeir s\u00e9u svo hrokafullir a\u00f0 \u00feeir neiti a\u00f0 vi\u00f0urkenna tilvist fj\u00f6lda r\u00ed\u00adkja og samf\u00e9laga.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar tala\u00f0 er um st\u00e6r\u00f0 gjaldmi\u00f0ils getur ekki veri\u00f0 \u00e1tt vi\u00f0 fj\u00f6lda \u00ed\u00adb\u00faa \u00ed\u00ad heimalandi hans. \u00de\u00e1 v\u00e6ri t.a.m. ind\u00f3nes\u00ed\u00adska r\u00fap\u00ed\u00adan „st\u00e6rri“ en japanska jeni\u00f0. (Reyndar v\u00e6ri \u00ed\u00adslenska kr\u00f3nan ekki einu sinni minnst samkv\u00e6mt \u00feeirri skilgreiningu.)<\/p>\n
Til a\u00f0 meta st\u00e6r\u00f0 gjaldmi\u00f0la hl\u00fdtur a\u00f0 vera horft til umfangs vi\u00f0skipta me\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1. \u00c1 Afr\u00ed\u00adku er fj\u00f6ldi sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0ra gjaldmi\u00f0la og \u00fe\u00f3tt flesti r\u00ed\u00adki \u00e1lfunnar telji millj\u00f3nir manna – m\u00e6tti eflaust f\u00e6ra fyrir \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad r\u00f6k a\u00f0 \u00ed\u00adslenska kr\u00f3nan s\u00e9 „st\u00e6rri“ en gjaldmi\u00f0lar fur\u00f0ufj\u00f6lmennra r\u00ed\u00adkja. \u00c1 \u00fea\u00f0 minnsta geri \u00e9g r\u00e1\u00f0 fyrir a\u00f0 kr\u00f3nan s\u00e9 „st\u00e6rri“ en p\u00falan \u00ed\u00ad Botswana. \u00c1 Botswana b\u00faa um 600 \u00fe\u00fasund manns, sem hafa sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0an gjaldmi\u00f0ill sem er me\u00f0 \u00feeim sterkari \u00e1 sv\u00e6\u00f0inu.<\/p>\n
Er meira a\u00f0 segja v\u00ed\u00adst a\u00f0 kr\u00f3nan s\u00e9 minnsti sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0i gjaldmi\u00f0illinn \u00ed\u00ad Evr\u00f3pu? Er t.d. auglj\u00f3st a\u00f0 levan \u00ed\u00ad Moldav\u00ed\u00adu s\u00e9 miki\u00f0 st\u00e6rri? \u00dea\u00f0 er m\u00e9r mj\u00f6g til efs.<\/p>\n
N\u00fa er \u00e9g ekki a\u00f0 segja a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9u nein r\u00f6k \u00ed\u00ad umr\u00e6\u00f0unni um evru-e\u00f0a-ekki-evru a\u00f0 t\u00ed\u00adna til d\u00e6mi um minni gjaldmi\u00f0la. En r\u00e9tt skal vera r\u00e9tt!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eitt af \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad sem fer \u00f3segjanlega \u00ed\u00ad taugarnar \u00e1 m\u00e9r, er \u00feegar f\u00f3lk slengir \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad fram umhugsunarlaust a\u00f0 hitt og \u00feetta \u00ed\u00ad \u00ed\u00adslensku samf\u00e9lagi hlj\u00f3ti a\u00f0 vera einstakt \u00ed\u00ad heiminum. Ef sagt er fr\u00e1 grunnsk\u00f3la \u00fati \u00e1 landi me\u00f0 tvo nemendur – vir\u00f0ist \u00feykja sj\u00e1lfsagt a\u00f0 hn\u00fdta \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00feetta s\u00e9r „l\u00ed\u00adklega minnsti sk\u00f3li … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: \u00cdsland – minnst \u00ed heimi!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}