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canyonwalker) wrote2024-01-17 02:42 pm
canyonwalker) wrote2024-01-17 02:42 pm
Money, the Easiest Souvenir
I don't have much in the way of souvenirs from our trip to Australia late last year. I mean, I've got tons of memories and gigs of photos. I don't have much in the way of tangible stuff. But that's par for the course for me. I tend not to buy a lot of stuff overseas. One thing I always try to do, though, is bring a bit of money home with me.
Money's kind of the easiest souvenir. Virtually everyone has some to sell. And if at some point I decide I don't like it, I can sell it back for what I paid for it. 🤣
But seriously, I've always been curious about money from different places. I started collecting odd coins when I was a kid, setting aside the Canadian money I'd sometimes find in my change when I bought something small in the northeastern US, or some other foreign coin I'd be lucky enough to find lying in the street. More recently I've pocketed a small amount of money like 2 Dinar from Jordan and the notes and coins I brought home from the Cayman Islands.
One of the practical challenges with "collecting" foreign money as souvenirs is not being stranded with too much of it. I shared a photo of Australia's colorful paper money several days ago. As I noted at the time, that was way too much money, $105 AU equal to roughly $70 US, to call a simple souvenir. In the photo above I've got two $1 coins and 50¢, 20¢, and 5¢ pieces. $2.75 AU = $1.80 US, a much more economical souvenir.
Money's kind of the easiest souvenir. Virtually everyone has some to sell. And if at some point I decide I don't like it, I can sell it back for what I paid for it. 🤣
But seriously, I've always been curious about money from different places. I started collecting odd coins when I was a kid, setting aside the Canadian money I'd sometimes find in my change when I bought something small in the northeastern US, or some other foreign coin I'd be lucky enough to find lying in the street. More recently I've pocketed a small amount of money like 2 Dinar from Jordan and the notes and coins I brought home from the Cayman Islands.
One of the practical challenges with "collecting" foreign money as souvenirs is not being stranded with too much of it. I shared a photo of Australia's colorful paper money several days ago. As I noted at the time, that was way too much money, $105 AU equal to roughly $70 US, to call a simple souvenir. In the photo above I've got two $1 coins and 50¢, 20¢, and 5¢ pieces. $2.75 AU = $1.80 US, a much more economical souvenir.