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To: Frank Pembleton who wrote (5125)	6/18/2001 11:14:45 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Hey Frank, Remeber how dull looking our money was back then comparatively speaking ? Maybe there is a correlation between value and appearance ? Oh! and the coins had real silver in them then ! My uncle saved up thousands of dollars worth before the new alloy money was instituted. regards Kastel

To: Frank Pembleton who wrote (5125)	6/18/2001 11:18:57 PM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 74559

<US money almost par (ours was more for a while !) I remember that, I was a kid delivering newspapers at the time.> Small world... I used to deliver both the Free Press and Tribune [Winnepeg...er... Winterpeg] down in the Whiteshell forest preserve, remember parity one summer... was bummed as my clownbuck didn't get the extra nickel! DAK