Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html