[Leica] IMG: Iranian Money

[Philippe]

And yet, cash is the future, or is it gold? or even better, barter?

Amities
Philippe, in melancholy mood

Le 10 mai 2016 à 23:00, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Yes, we always use credit cards except in Cuba and Iran!  No American
> credit cards are accepted in either place.  We had to plan ahead on how
> much cash to take and convert.  I hope our next excursion is
> card-friendly!!  Makes it much easier.
> 
> Tina
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> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
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>> Good stuff. I do the same, except that I do not use cash much, but with
>> card statements.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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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
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>>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
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>>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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>>>> 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:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>> 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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