[Leica] IMG: Iranian Money

[Nathan Wajsman]

Given what you just described, how do you know that you were never cheated?

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 10 May 2016, at 15:22, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> PESO:
> 
> We never got used to using Iranian money.  When we lived in Iran in the
> 1970's one dollar equaled 8 rials.  Today one dollar equals 30,000 rials.
> That makes for awkwardly large amounts of bills so prices are often given
> in tomans, which means you knock one zero off of the rial amount.  What Tom
> would do is hold out a handful of money and let the merchant choose what he
> needed:
> 
> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000r1PIO5ggNp4
> 
> We were never cheated and they always rounded out the price in our favor!
> 
> Tina
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