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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lawdogct, post: 69306, member: 1476&quot;]Pretty close <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Around 1982 it hit a peak around ¥220 and steadily dropped to ¥180 by 1985, before a sharp decline to ¥100 in 1986.&nbsp; Was living over there at the time and remember watching my money get cut in half&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;course I also remember using US nickels in Japanese soda machines.&nbsp; Soda&#039;s were ¥50.&nbsp; A US nickel registered as a ¥100 coin.&nbsp; So for 5 cents I got a soda and ¥50 in change.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> What can I say, I was 9 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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