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Subject: 
RE: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 18:44:28 GMT
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> 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 Mark. So, the prices aren't as high as they seem.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Arjen
> Utrecht, The Netherlands (another funny country with a funny currency ;-))

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



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  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 (...) (27 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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