[Leica] IMG: Iranian Money

[Nathan Wajsman]

Good stuff. I do the same, except that I do not use cash much, but with card statements.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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> On 10 May 2016, at 22:25, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Tom is an engineer.  Every night he accounted for every penny (rial)
> spent.  He's obsessive that way.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
> 
>> Given what you just described, how do you know that you were never cheated?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
>> 
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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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