1 SEPTEMBER 2001, Page 28

A surfeit of dinars

From Mr Martin Mauthner Sir: Catherine Coley could have adduced ;,nother convincing reason for acquiring a Lo!tage or castle in Croatia (Property, 25 A igust): the country will be anxious to join the euro as soon as allowed to do so. When Tito sequestered my family's property near Varazdin after the war, compensation was in non-convertible dinars; my aunt had to spend many a long summer on the Dalmatian coast in order to use them up.

Martin Mauthner

Waterloo, Belgium