E-Mail Post To A Friend
Email a copy of 'Funny Money: Strange currencies of the world.' to a friend
Loading ...
17 comments to "Funny Money: Strange currencies of the world."
-
Ali S.
October 16th, 2007 at
1:18 am
Hehehehe! Canadian Tire currency is awesome. Plus, whenever you do go visit their stores you always end up with them.
-
Robert Seddon
October 16th, 2007 at
4:04 am
Aside from officially backed currencies, there’s also the case of cigarettes being used as money in prisons.
http://books.google.com/books?id=8t8CEnOhQeEC&pg=RA2-PA306&lpg=RA2-PA3 06&dq=cigarettes+prison+currency&source=web&ots=WPyHkLb9lV&sig=9S-5k7J -FQwA-hVUrNO-QJnNmt4
http://caracaschronicles.blogspot.com/2002/09/reinventing-hyperinflati on-wheel.html‘Soon after his release, Radford described the system that developed in a classic paper entitled “The Economic Organization of a POW Camp,” a write-up that’s much appreciated by undergraduates everywhere for its skill at explaining the mysteries of monetary systems. What interested Radford the most was the way that cigarrettes, as a means of exchange, were subject to all of the fluctuations of normal currency.’
-
algonkin
October 16th, 2007 at
7:19 am
Folks… Canadian Tire money is as good as the real thing here in Canada. I have about $80.00 worth saved in a jar. Just waiting to save another few bucks to go buy a tool I always wanted.
And get this, when you purchase something with Canadian Tire money, they give you some back so you can start saving all over again LOL!!
-
kerozene
October 16th, 2007 at
8:44 am
“businessmen ordered porcelain tokens from China at a discount”
And so it began.
-
Rachael
October 16th, 2007 at
8:58 am
Actually you cannot redeem Canadian Tire money for gas. Kind of silly actually since you receive it for buying gas, but you can’t use it at the gas station.
However, Pioneer gas station in Canada has “Pioneer Bucks” that look very similar to Canadian Tire money that can be redeemed.
I’ve actually been to restaurants that mainly cater to teenagers that accepted Canadian Tire money. -
janice
October 16th, 2007 at
11:55 am
Yep, we can buy pizza here with Canadian Tire money.
-
Weakly
October 16th, 2007 at
12:52 pm
The Space Quid is still a stupid idea. Round coins? How innovative!
-
L
October 16th, 2007 at
1:43 pm
Most Canadians probably have a bunch of Canadian Tire money sitting around. Some of the stores now have boxes where you can donate it to charity (for those of us who can’t be bothered to save up for a power tool in 10-cent increments!).
-
Lee
October 16th, 2007 at
1:43 pm
I love me my Canadian Tire money! They were so ahead of their time for customer loyalty programs!
-
Adam Stanhope
October 16th, 2007 at
1:56 pm
Great post.
-
marwood
October 16th, 2007 at
3:59 pm
That should be ‘Palau’ not ‘Paulau’. I remember seeing some of the Rai stones when I visited Yap. And on the matter of the Canadian Tire money, we used to get something similar from Esso in the UK, but they stopped it years ago, to my utter disappointment.
-
Miss Cellania
October 16th, 2007 at
4:49 pm
Oops, sorry bout that. Thanks, Marwood, corrected.
-
oot & aboot
October 16th, 2007 at
7:49 pm
I always thought the Canadian Tire money guy was gay, I mean look at him he’s fabulous
-
Jacki
October 17th, 2007 at
12:20 am
Lol. I remember Canadian Tire money back a few years when I was little but they don’t exist anymore here. I find that Rai stone hilarious though. XD
-
Slappy
October 17th, 2007 at
12:02 pm
Merchants get charged a percentage of the sale when a credit card is used. This usually gets incorporated into the goods or services. When you pay with cash at a Canadian Tire store you’re getting back that money. You won’t get it if you pay by credit card.
-
shadowfirebird
October 18th, 2007 at
7:57 am
Sorry to be cynical, but these “Rai Stones” — giant stone wheels with a hole in the centre and radial markings?
They couldn’t possibly be millstones?
-
ChadK
October 26th, 2007 at
9:42 am
Space Quid? Haven’t those responsible considered the ever so sleek and modern “Buckazoid”?
I do not know how that could’ve gon overlooked
Want your own avatar? Get one for free at Gravatar!
