Talk:Hard currency

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The following line is questionable: "Before its replacement with the Euro the Deutschmark was considered perhaps the best hard currency." I would like to see the reference to where fact came from. I believe that before the euro, Germany's currency was simply called the Mark or the German Mark (ie Japanese Yen), not by its German name of Deutchmark.

I usually heard it as Deutschmark or Mark. Rarely "German Mark" Nik42 08:26, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Deutschmark was by far the most common in the UK, followed by either Mark or German Mark depending on whether the speaker had been talking about Germany or not. Nicholas 12:47, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merger with Soft Currency

The article on soft currency is untenable in its current state, as all it does is explain hard currency and then say how soft currency differs. I believe it should be merged into this article, which should either remain here (my preference), or be moved to something like Currency hardness or Hardness of currency. Nicholas 12:42, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

• Personally I think the two articles should be kept and rewritten if necessary. While related, they are different and unique enough to merit an article. For me, if there is enough to write about then having two articles are OK. Vegaswikian 17:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
• I think its important just to define terms, rather than arbitrarily assert the appropriateness, or how hard a currency should be. Coal is categorised as soft, semi-soft, semi-coking (hard) and hard coal, might currency be considered the same.