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How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
wrote in message ... "Peter Masson" wrote in message ... "Stephen Allcroft" wrote Neither dependent nor colonised but we in Scotland still have pound notes (issued by private banks). Only the Royal Bank of Scotland still issues one pound notes, though all three Scottish banks issue GBP100 notes, which is more than the Bank of England does. The Scottish banks have to have their banknotes backed by Bank of England notes, and for this purpose the Bank of England has issued notes for GBP1 million and GBP100 million. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...ther_notes.htm ??? The highest denomination banknote that I have ever seen issued was for $100,000, bearing the portrait of late US president Woodrow Wilson. But that was actually for a substantial amount. I am not counting banknotes from Yugoslavia, for example, which had a 1 billion-dinar note, due because of hyper inflation. Speaking of the BoE's Website, is there a tentative schedule for when other F series banknotes are to be introduced? I also seem to recall that there are coins with completely different reverses for all denominations starting from this year. Speaking of hyper-inflation, it's fun looking at the website of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe http://www.rbz.co.zw to see the daily exchange rate of the $Z vs the $US. Yesterday, it was 5,817,000,000; today it's 6,718,000,000. They have just issued $Z 50,000,000,000 notes ("bearer cheques"). And it will cost you $Z 1,800,000,000 to mail a postcard to the US. http://www.zimpost.co.zw/postalrates.html ObTransit - I saw a Youtube video showing buses in Zimbabwe - they come rarely, and then only when they can get fuel. hb. |
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