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Re: Types of numerals

From:Carsten Becker <carbeck@...>
Date:Saturday, January 7, 2006, 17:34
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006, 23:05, Andreas Johansson wrote:

> Actually, we do have 10 SEK and 5 SEK coins too. In order > to mystify foreigners, > the 10 SEK ones have a smaller diameter than the 1 SEK > ones (but are thicker).
Oh. I didn't know that. I've only seen 50 öre and 1 crown pieces. I've still got 11 SEK that I couldn't get rid of. Banks usually don't take foreign coins. Sending this to Frankfurt (the Bundesbank changes coins AFAIK) in order to change the coins into the amount in Euro isn't really worth it, as I would have to pay some Euros extra for processing fees.
>> You don't even get back your 50 Öre often. > > Hm. That does not agree with my experience.
But then, I was obviously a tourist, ... Not that I want to blame you Swedes for being unkind to foreigners, but certain people *are* concerning change and you can find them everywhere *independent of their nation* I think. The worst such issue happened to me when I was in Poland with my class in autumn, where we ate in a restaurant and had to pay 10 Zl. extra each just because we were tourists as it seemed - heck, that's almost 3 Euros. We didn't understand the waitress since she refused English, German and French ("Njet Angelski, njet Nemecki, njet Francki" or something) and also the receipt was somewhat obscure. A pity that I threw it away. How much tip did they expect -- from students, obviously?! Carsten