hp-30b with free shipping

[sjthomas]

Of course, it costs $50,000 from this seller on buy.com:

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Hurry so you don't miss out on this deal. :-) .

[hpnut]

perhaps the $ is Zimbabwean dollar, which is plagued by hyperinflation, so a few additional zeros don't matter ;-)

[Michael de Estrada]

Nah, it's the Razorback hog dollar.

[Gerson W. Barbosa]

I think I'll order two :-)

[Michael de Estrada]

What is the smallest denomination cruzeiro ?

[Gerson W. Barbosa]

In the original cruzeiro (from 1942 to 1967), it was the 10-cent coin. But the cruzeiro had at least two other versions before being extinct in 1993(I had to look up at Wikipedia -- Brazilian cruzeiro). Later I remember there were 5-cruzeiro coins, but they were worth close to nothing. From '82 to '94 when the Real eventually replaced the cruzado, I collected about 40 bills like the ones in the pictures. They made into my collection when their value dropped to about the price of a bus ticket, except the last one, the bill on top, which was equivalent to US$ 18.18 when it was retired from circulation. I got this one from the bank in the nick of time. I should have taken a few more: now they sell for US$ 100 or more :-)

[Walter B]

Quote:

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... when the Real eventually replaced the cruzado ...

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Pun intended?

d;-)

[Gerson W. Barbosa]

No. BTW, have you ever noticed that when people say "no pun intended" they usually mean the other way around? :-)

[Walter B]

Pity! Cruzado cruzeiro would have been a good one.

d;-)

[Gerson W. Barbosa]

Amazing what people do for a good pun:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpher%E2%80%93Bethe%E2%80%93Gamow_paper