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2020-05-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by lord garth 2020-05-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Is Toman another word for toilet paper?

Posted by gorb 2020-05-06 02:36|| 2020-05-06 02:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Shades of the Weimar Republic hyperinflation when it took a wheel barrel full of money to buy a loaf of bread.

Posted by Thaith Elmeresing6163 2020-05-06 07:16|| 2020-05-06 07:16|| Front Page Top

#3 toman (plural tomans) (historical, military) A division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army. (historical, numismatics) A Persian money of account or gold coin issued until 1927, notionally worth 10,000 dinars.

Posted by b 2020-05-06 07:27|| 2020-05-06 07:27|| Front Page Top

#4 New currency - now with more zeroes!

Posted by Raj 2020-05-06 07:46|| 2020-05-06 07:46|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ with Fergusons

Posted by Lex 2020-05-06 07:49|| 2020-05-06 07:49|| Front Page Top

#6 The EU may pull a similar act, just maybe w/o removing the zeroes.

Posted by Clem 2020-05-06 08:00|| 2020-05-06 08:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Pretty soon the new currency will be called the Dolmen, after the megalithic single chamber tomb.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-05-06 11:18|| 2020-05-06 11:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Did algebra get invented in that area? Certainly they can just use X on the currency and change the value of x as required.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-05-06 12:30|| 2020-05-06 12:30|| Front Page Top

#9 /\ Why do you think they want to get rid of paper currency? If it is all electronic the government can screw it's own citizens with the push of a button.

Posted by magpie 2020-05-06 12:50|| 2020-05-06 12:50|| Front Page Top

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