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  RE: Strange "cartoon" gears?
 
(...) able to shred tissue paper (and fingers if you were not careful). Check out the prices on the cat sheet. DM270 for the motor kit. Back then you could get a LOT of Marks for a dollar (about 4 if I remember correctly) Even so, those were pretty (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
 
Ralph, The prices quoted are in Austrian shillings. Check out the 'S' symbol for the currency and the listed adress in Wien(=Vienna). I don't know the exact exchange rate at the time, but I'm pretty sure there were several shillings to the German (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  RE: Strange "cartoon" gears?
 
(...) Thanks Arjen, In my haste, I didn't realize the importance of the S symbol, it would have been DM like in my Marklin catalogs...I guess I saw the German text and jumped to conclusions... Cheers, Ralph (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
 
(...) exact (...) shillings (...) 1DM is about 7 Schilling (6.913) or 1 USD is app. 13.- Schilling (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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