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200 lire is/was worth......

posted 12 years ago by uscmd
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Todays its worth virtually 0.

In 1957, 200 lire was worth a dime U.S. Some cowboy hat, the boy is going to get for a dime.

I had a chance to travel in Italy, and it was crazy paying for dinner in a nice restaurant with a 100,000 lire note (52$), keep in mind this was 1969.

I traveled with a eurail pass, and every time you changed countries out came the old bills, and in came the currency of the new country. A tip for travelers, you get a better price using the home countries currency, though for convenience its easier to just use U.S. This was before credit cards.

Just saw the kids hat. No way he was able to get that for a dime, or 200 lire.

[–] davehart90 12 years ago

About 30 cents US. Of course 30 cents was worth a lot more then too.

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[–] dodgercodger 12 years ago

This would make the "half million lire" reward about $750. Not too bad a pay day for a fisherboy in late-50s Sicily.

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[–] Johnnyjueves 11 years ago

Or 2500 cowboy hats if you are so inclined.

[–] Retrovenger 10 years ago

I still don't see why they would still pay him. Sure they didn't specify they wanted what was in the container, just the container, but what government would agree to such a thing?

[–] Ethereal-Cloud 10 years ago

He had the hat on extended layaway, the 200 Lire was just the final payment.

(Yes, I just made that up)

[–] Newsgroupie 10 years ago

"(Yes, I just made that up)"

Yeah, but it was good!

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