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I was watching an old Roger Moore episode of the saint last night. Black and white, so likely late 50s very early 60s. Simon was impersonating a murdered Italian who had planned to sell some jewelry to a dealer in Geneva. The dealer first quoted some astronomical number of lira, then converted to 400,000 CHF, or $100,000. So I thought I would compare to todays exchange rate. Actually, it is now inverted. Instead of one USD getting you 4 Swiss francs, it takes $1.07 to buy one Swiss franc. So if Simon Templar's jewels still fetched 400,000 CHF, that would bring not $100,000 USD, but $428,000.
I guess the moral is, don't vacation in Switzerland, and be careful of what may happen to your USD cash balances over time.
Ha
I guess the moral is, don't vacation in Switzerland, and be careful of what may happen to your USD cash balances over time.
Ha
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