The Dutch Mint has Wednesday as the first in the world to have a coin struck with a qr-code on it. The barcode can be scanned with the camera of a smartphone. The code stands out as a symbol of contemporary life’.
The qr code is on the back of the currency, which is Wednesday at noon for the first time will be struck. Anyone who scans the code with the camera of a smartphone, to a site with information about the herinneringsmunt led.
It is the first time that a coin is equipped with a qr-code. The announcement led to attention in the international techpers. The currency is, like all other herinneringsmunten, available at The Dutch Mint.
The Dutch Mint has the qr code on the payment method set as ‘a symbol of contemporary life”, on the site, which-together with the save of the currency went online. “Technology and the internet have become an integral part of our lives. A world where the master-and-leerlingconcept changes, when it comes to transfer of knowledge. This is traced back to the internet as a great source of information and backgrounds. A world where the coins were not with a hammer, but with the help of laser technology to be beaten. A world of qr codes, augmented reality, internet, screens, lasers and mobile phones.”
