Miss Gioia

Monday, August 13, 2007

Sorry, We Cannot Change Coins


One of the downsides of traveling a lot is that you get stuck with a bunch of foreign coins. Money changers will not take them, so you often find yourself wandering around an airport going... Hmmmm, What can I buy for 40 Baht? Often, the answer is nothing. Then you take the 40 Baht home in your pocket thinking that you will just spend it when you come back. Except you forget to bring it back next time, and instead the money piles up in a forlorn jar in the kitchen.

I went through our jar last week and sorted all of the coins. We have some crazy coins in there. For example, we have coins from monetary regimes that no longer exist, such as French Francs and Austrian Groschen. We have Mexican Pesos and Israeli Scheckels. Now, we haven't been to these countries in years, which means that we must have moved to China with all of these ridiculous coins.

I have now sorted all of the coins into very fancy plastic red cups. I guess the thought is that we can grab the cup o' coins next time we travel to that country. But it really seems futile. And the cups are ugly.

Perhaps a better idea is to just lug them on my next Cathay Pacific flight and donate them all to the Change for Good Program. Although that requires forethought as well. Sigh.

Anybody wanna Peso?

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Anonymous Zylo said...

Wanna peso?

Actually yes. If you really have nothing to do with them, I'd be more than willing to buy them off you. I've been trying (alright, half-heartedly) to collect enough different currencies- and enough of them- to make my own international coin belt. Just let me know if you're interested on my blog or my e-mail: zylo_@hotmail.com. Z

August 17, 2007 12:21 PM  

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