Re: Types of numerals

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