US Dollar Exchange rate.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
Defuniak Springs, Florida
May 4, 2017 12:03pm CST
After seeing a post from a myLotter in India where she had used her first payout of 322 rupees for something, I got curious to see what the US Dollar was worth in India. It was something like 64.2 rupees for every US Dollar.
Then I clicked on Euro's and apparently a US Dollar is only worth 0.91 Euros.
I am trying to get x-rates to load, which is a complete list of what the Dollar would exchange to in a bunch of different countries. While none of this is really important to me, I won't be travleling to any of these places anytime soon. Even so, it is pretty neat to see the different exchange rates.
Do you have any "foreign" money?
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 May 17
Living in Florida, which is a worldwide popular tourist destination, we get foreign coins of every sort showing up in our currency. I don't think there's a week that goes by where I don't get change back from a purchase that doesn't include a foreign coin or two. Canadian coins are the most popular, followed by British coins and even Euros. I like to keep and save any foreign coins I get, so when I come across them I put them in a special piggy bank I have in my room. Maybe because you're in the panhandle of Florida you don't see foreign coins as much, but living so close to Orlando we see tons of foreign coins!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
5 May 17
what are the usually denominations?what do you plan to do with your collection?
@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 May 17
@Lupita234 I've never found any old Spanish coins on the beaches before, but I have had friends who have found coins!
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
4 May 17
I have some coins left over from vacations.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 May 17
@JohnRoberts I used to have a lot of money from Hong Kong and China. But that was Years ago when I was still living at home wiht my parents.
How many different countries have you been to?
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
4 May 17
@thislittlepennyearns Mexico, Canada, England, Scotland, France, Italy, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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@pumpkinjam (8876)
• United Kingdom
4 May 17
I don't have any foreign money of my own. The closest I got was a 20p from the Channel Islands (I'm in England so it's not far away) and I once touched a Scottish note! My Dad has a small collection of coins. They are mostly old British coins but I think there may be an odd Euro or Cent amongst them. No idea where they've come from considering my Dad has never been out of the UK!
The $US is currently worth approximately 77p (£0.77) and you can't buy much for that!
@pumpkinjam (8876)
• United Kingdom
4 May 17
@thislittlepennyearns I've never been out of the UK either and never had any real desire to do so. It's a strange thing, though, as I find it astonishing that people who have visited other countries often don't know what's on their own doorstep! :)
I wouldn't mind going to a different country just to say I've done it but there are lots of places in England I haven't yet seen or that I'd like to revisit.
@pumpkinjam (8876)
• United Kingdom
5 May 17
@Lupita234 There are 8 denominations of common English coins but there (1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, and £2) then other parts of the UK (such as Scotland and the Channel Islands) are able to mint their own coins and notes, although they are not legal tender outside of their origin country.
We also have £5 coins but they are rare, as well as occasional commemorative coins of different values.
@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 May 17
For some reason it is astonishing to me that people never travel out of where they are from, the US or the UK.
I had some Honk Kong, China when I was growing up.
I think the Scottish notes are cool. That would be a fun one to have.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
4 May 17
I don't have any foreign money. But I agree - it is neat to see the difference exchange rates.
@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 May 17
@infatuatedbby I have a british something coin...I don't know what it is but I got it as change at some gas station and have just held onto it/
@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 May 17
@infatuatedbby I have a british something coin...I don't know what it is but I got it as change at some gas station and have just held onto it/
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 May 17
Just a few Canadian coins and some Japanese money that I've had many years.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
5 May 17
@Lupita234 The company I a worked for did business with a Japanese company and they would come to the US and we took them out to dinner, etc and they gave us the money as a reminder.
@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
4 May 17
My mom used to have money from other places. Dont know whst happened to them
@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
4 May 17
@thislittlepennyearns no, but she has worked at many hotels and people leave them behind.
@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 May 17
@Courtlynn, Well boo. Lol has she been out of the country.
@prashu228 (37518)
• India
4 May 17
I have some foreign coins, used to collect when I was in school, they are still there in the cupboard. Never went outside ,India
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
5 May 17
currently 1 us dollar is 49.95 philippine peso. you can buy lunch or dinner with that, meaning, a cup of steamed rice and cup of one viand (pork, fish, chicken or veggie dish)
@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
5 May 17
No foreign money. Just trying to convert US currency by learning about foreign exchange. Some people say they make money with their money that way. I believe it. I just don't know how to do it.
@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
5 May 17
It is interesting. I do have a few Canadian pieces that I kept after visiting Canada many years ago.
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
4 May 17
It is interesting how much US Money is worth in other places, such interesting names for money to.
