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<p>[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 597887, member: 9474"]Thanks DeOrc! </p><p> </p><p>Also, just some more info. The island accepts US currency and aruban currency. I was actually quite amazed on how these vendors can do the math in their heads to figure out what change to give back to you. Most shops had their registers divided into two halves.... one for US currency and the other for Aruban currency. What became really confusing is when they would pay you half back in US currency and the half in Aruban currency. Their currancy system is based on the Florin. 1.77 Florin = roughly $1 US dollar. We were told a quick way to determine US prices was to take the Florin price, subtract half and then add 10%. Never really used this conversion because US currency appeared to be the main currency nearly everywhere. </p><p> </p><p>Oh one other thing.......THEY DON'T USE THE PENNY IN THEIR CURRENCY!!!! Everything was rounded to the nearest 5. How about that?! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:kewl:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 597887, member: 9474"]Thanks DeOrc! Also, just some more info. The island accepts US currency and aruban currency. I was actually quite amazed on how these vendors can do the math in their heads to figure out what change to give back to you. Most shops had their registers divided into two halves.... one for US currency and the other for Aruban currency. What became really confusing is when they would pay you half back in US currency and the half in Aruban currency. Their currancy system is based on the Florin. 1.77 Florin = roughly $1 US dollar. We were told a quick way to determine US prices was to take the Florin price, subtract half and then add 10%. Never really used this conversion because US currency appeared to be the main currency nearly everywhere. Oh one other thing.......THEY DON'T USE THE PENNY IN THEIR CURRENCY!!!! Everything was rounded to the nearest 5. How about that?! :rolleyes::kewl:[/QUOTE]
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