Padraic Brown wrote:
> It makes sense as inflation rises rapidly. Latin American
> countries are famous for revaluing currencies this way.
Not with the same physical tokens, surely?
> Turkey did one recently; Russia has done a couple since
> the late 80s. Italy will be doing one in about a week.
Isn't Italy in the Euro zone?
Israel, i think, has had at least two since the late Seventies.
France in the Fifties(?) adopted a new franc, popularly the `franc
lourd'.
> One day you have 50.000.000 cuatros in your pocket; next
> day they get exchanged at 500.000:1 and the teller gives
> you 100 nuevos pistoles. Your grandfather probably remembers
> when the cuatro bought a thousand old reales.
`cuatro', sennor? como "Cuesta cinco cuatros"?
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