banivechi Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 I've just picked up today 400 coins from bank (two rolls of each type), so I will honour my promises... when I come back from Black Sea! The new banknotes are pretty similar to old polymer notes, but they are smaller and with some minor changes. It appears the biggest 500 lei note, equivalent of 166$ (33% of my salary!), but ATM's are still full of old notes... Tip: because of their very small value, the 1 Ban and 5 Bani coins are few, and they will become rares soon. I saw only 50 Bani coins in circulation until now. Today's exchange rate: 1$ = 3 Lei, 1 Euro=3,60 Lei Gas price: Premium:3,60 lei/litre, Diesel Euro3: 3,15 lei/litre Average Romanian salary: 550-700 lei/month Bread:1,20 lei Big Mac: 4,50 lei 2 l Coke: 2,90 lei Marlboro: 3,70 lei Bus, tram ticket: 1,70 lei Unlimited DSL (256kbps) internet access: 38 lei/month etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Interesting how in so many places of the world coins of value under 10c are scarcely used. (But yet in the U.S. and Canada...) Thanks also for those prices... always interesting to find out what things cost (and salaries) in different places! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlavicScott Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Today's exchange rate: 1$ = 3 Lei, 1 Euro=3,60 LeiGas price: Premium:3,60 lei/litre, Diesel Euro3: 3,15 lei/litre For all us Americans: 1 gallon = 3.78 litre * 3,60 lei = 13,61 lei/gallon = $4.54/gallon!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Wow, that's a bargain for me!!!! This morning in the Netherlands, at a very cheap gas station: € 1.309 / litre = € 4.94 / gallon = US$ 5.91/gallon Shell asks more: € 1.35 / litre = US$ 6.09 / gallon however, average income here is much higher that Banivechi's : € 1000/month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Work Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Can you please post some pictures of the new Romanian coins? Aidan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Hmm, I thought we had some, but maybe they were in the old forum only. Anyway, the designs are IMO nothing to write home about: http://www.bnro.ro/Ro/Ins/ (Small pictures, I know. But you get an idea ...) Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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