"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
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My parents have just returned from a trip to Russia, and say that Euros
are now as acceptable as dollars there.

Back in the late 1980s, DEM and Finnmarks were very acceptable in Moscow. A
number of hard currency shops were Finnish-owned and liked to have them and
give them in change. Sterling was less accepted, but would be taken. The
illegal money-changers all preferred dollars.
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Terry Harper
http://www.terry.harper.btinternet.co.uk/