Hi tom.
Well the simple answer is, even if a currency is used for exchange trading
that is very different from knowing anything about it's physical coinage or
what coins are called in the country it's used in.
Though you can freely take dollars into a bank in Britain and get them
changed for pounds, nobody accepts or trades in them and you'd get people
thinking you were a bit of a fool if you tried to use american bills or
coins to buy anything in this country. Same goes for Euroes, indeed people
trying to pay in none british currency is one of the sterriotypical things
people expect of foreigners over here.
As to international trading, well there is a big difference betwene seeing
something priced! in dollars, running it through my credit card and getting
it priced in pounds and actually knowing about the coinage.
For example, if i were to buy change reaction, I'd just log into paypal and
it'd automatically convert the 10 usd to the current exchange rate, around
£6.50 or so, same goes for if I bought something with euroes, Canadian
dollars, yen or any other freely tradable currency, the only difference is
the exchange rate, and that is something I'll be told at the time I make the
perchice.
I tend to remember the exchange rate betwene pounds and American dollars and
that of pounds and euroes, sinse those are the two currencies I encounter
most, and thus can price things in my head when looking at stuff to buy
online, but that's really all it means, I have no other idea about the
coinage at all, just as you or any other American wouldn't know about the
physical nature of british coins if you paid for something sold in pounds
such as Damien's games from X site.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
---
Gamers mailing list __ [email protected]
If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected].
You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at
http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org.
All messages are archived and can be searched and read at
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected].
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list,
please send E-mail to [email protected].
