48 Cent Souvenir
May. 15th, 2024 11:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerI've written on recent foreign trips that I like bringing home a small amount of currency as a souvenir. For example, late last year I brought home $2.75 of Australian coins ($1.80 US). That was a nice cheap little memento. A month ago I brought home $22.50 New Zealand ($13.50 US), a bit more than I wanted to strand in foreign currency but not ridiculous. Speaking of cheap souvenirs, last week I left Mexico with... 8 Pesos.
8 Mexican Pesos, at an exchange rate of approximately 17 to $1 US, are worth 48 cents US.
Oh, but I still have a sack of Peso coins from my last visit to Mexico, 5 years ago. That's another 31 Pesos. Altogether I now have $2.33 US of Mexican currency in my desk drawer. Ooh, real money!
8 Mexican Pesos, at an exchange rate of approximately 17 to $1 US, are worth 48 cents US.
Oh, but I still have a sack of Peso coins from my last visit to Mexico, 5 years ago. That's another 31 Pesos. Altogether I now have $2.33 US of Mexican currency in my desk drawer. Ooh, real money!
