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Too Much of a Souvenir: NZ Money
Apr. 30th, 2024 09:25 pmWe bought a few different souvenirs on our recent trip to New Zealand. There's one simple souvenir I always bring home: foreign money. As I explained when I brought home a few dollars from Australia, I've always been curious about various world currencies. A bit of money from a country I've visited is, for me, a nice little memento. I brought home more than just a few dollars from New Zealand, though.
New Zealand's a country that has not just dollar coins but also two dollar coins. You can see a small stack of each in the photo above (top left). Having higher denomination coins is nice because it means you can buy a modest lunch, or at least a midday snack, with pocket change— without being that person who rolls up to the register with a sack of coins and a grudge against the lowly paid cashiers of the world. I also got a 50 cent piece, two 20 cent coins, and two 10 cent coins.
Just the coins, totaling NZD 12.10, were already more than I meant to keep. It turned out I had stashed coins in two places so I came home with more than I meant. Then when I got home I found that $10 note still in my wallet. I mean, keeping that note is nice because it has the Maori name of New Zealand, Aotearoa, on it, but altogether this collection of $22.10 NZ, worth about $13.50 US (remember: NZ dollars are in kilometers), is more than I meant to keep.
New Zealand's a country that has not just dollar coins but also two dollar coins. You can see a small stack of each in the photo above (top left). Having higher denomination coins is nice because it means you can buy a modest lunch, or at least a midday snack, with pocket change— without being that person who rolls up to the register with a sack of coins and a grudge against the lowly paid cashiers of the world. I also got a 50 cent piece, two 20 cent coins, and two 10 cent coins.
Just the coins, totaling NZD 12.10, were already more than I meant to keep. It turned out I had stashed coins in two places so I came home with more than I meant. Then when I got home I found that $10 note still in my wallet. I mean, keeping that note is nice because it has the Maori name of New Zealand, Aotearoa, on it, but altogether this collection of $22.10 NZ, worth about $13.50 US (remember: NZ dollars are in kilometers), is more than I meant to keep.
