But we would never do this.  Right? <g>

Back ten or a dozen years ago, when Mexico had their peso devalued (no, I
don't pretend to understand international economics), I happened to be in
Nogales.  They were practically giving away one peso coins.  I think they
were something like fifty to the dollar.  I bought a medium sized bag of
them and still use them as poker chips.  They were way cheaper than plastic
chips at Walmart, and they feel like real money!

I went back to get more a month later when they were really worthless, but
there were no peso coins to be found; only freshly printed
multi-denominational bills.

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ari Ollikainen" <Ari@OLTECO.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: Anyone familiar with 1000 Islands area?

> At 10:35 AM -0700 7/27/00, Karl Wolz wrote:
> >I found out, inadvertently, that Canadian change does work in US  parking
> >meters.  Thinking about it, I recall using US change in Canadian meters,
> >too.
> >
>
>         Also, as I dimly recall, there are some European coins which
>         have a weight and size equivalent to the US quarter...makes
>         them handy for use in parking meters, too...
>
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