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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2761133, member: 51347&quot;]I purchased a watch when I first visited China in the late 80&#039;s. The hours were all Chinese characters. Purdy cool. I still have have the 35 RMB price tag on it!&nbsp; That was HUGE money for an average worker then.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was illegal to own Chinese RMB at that time. I was holding FEC (Chinese Foreign Exchange Currency and Hong Kong Dollars). Bought it with HKD as they were worth 20% more to the Chinese on a one-to-one basis ( hey, he got a 20% tip!).&nbsp; He gave me change in RMB. It was a score against &quot;The Man&quot; as I pocketed the change and carried it home to the US. Big win for the time!</p><p><br /></p><p>I will post it when we leave the hospital.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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