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Forum: London Transport January 2nd 12, 07:09 PM
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Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 05:21:31 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels"
wrote:

? Is currency printed anywhere but the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing in Washington, DC?

There's...
Forum: London Transport January 2nd 12, 07:05 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:25:12 +0000, "
wrote:

I remember seeing a Federal Reserve note that was printed in Honolulu.
It was the only time that I have...
Forum: London Transport January 2nd 12, 06:49 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 00:09:14 -0500, "F. Barry Mulligan"
wrote:

If you went to a US Assay Office, you could get full value. After
failing to talk you out of it, they would get...
Forum: London Transport January 2nd 12, 06:29 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:25:08 -0800, Phil Kane
wrote:

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 14:16:42 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels"
wrote:

Yeah, I thought I...
Forum: London Transport January 2nd 12, 01:25 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 14:16:42 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels"
wrote:

Yeah, I thought I might have occasionally seen a red one! Hawaiian
money was not likely to turn up in...
Forum: London Transport January 2nd 12, 01:23 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 20:19:11 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein
wrote:

Ah yes, the _three_ exchange rates. There was
the official one,

IIRC there were two "official" ones - one for...
Forum: London Transport January 2nd 12, 12:43 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:21:04 +0000, "
wrote:

I don't quite understand how silver certificates worked. What I've
heard, you could take one to a bank...
Forum: London Transport January 1st 12, 06:18 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 09:25:53 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels"
wrote:

-- but these days, does it accept anything but euros? Or is there
enough tourist trade from the...
Forum: London Transport January 1st 12, 06:05 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 09:25:53 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels"
wrote:

Similarly, when all paper money stopped being
issued except Federal Reserve Notes, they simply stayed in...
Forum: London Transport December 30th 11, 12:04 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:52:10 +0000, "
wrote:

It is not uncommon to see fruit hawkers at markets sell fruit on the
premise: "A pound of weight for a...
Forum: London Transport December 29th 11, 06:29 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:51:13 -0700, Robert Neville
wrote:

The price tag on
the ham listed the price in metric units and then helpfully listed the
equivilent price in imperial...
Forum: London Transport December 28th 11, 06:07 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:03:35 +0000, "
wrote:

They haven't used pre-decimal coins here since the early '70s.

In the 10 days that I spent in London in...
Forum: London Transport December 28th 11, 02:41 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
coinage, was bus partitions

On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:20:50 +0900, Miles Bader wrote:

Japanese yen coins are made of aluminum, which is about 1/3 the cost
of copper per unit weight, and 1/4 the weight per unit...
Forum: London Transport December 28th 11, 02:29 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 36,896
Posted By Phil Kane
bus partitions

On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:52:18 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels"
wrote:

p.s. By random luck, I got a ¥100 paper note in a store a while back:
a customer was trying to use...
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