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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;expat, post: 4472872, member: 111067&quot;]I was thinking today about how many &quot;foreigners&quot; live here in Spain, myself included. There are roughly 65% Spanish live here in this beautiful coastal town, population about 90,000. The other 35% are made up of approximately 15 other nationalities.</p><p>I read a post earlier today about metal composition and weight of American coinage and i decided to check the &quot;bank pot&quot;, a large bowl on the counter of our shop where customers and us throw their 1 and 2 cents because they are just about worthless here as very little is priced ending 98 or 99 cents. Once a month we put all the coins into bank provided rolls and pay them into the account.</p><p>Very few foreign coins from tourists outside the EU have the same size as euro 1 and 2 cents but by far the most in the bowl were American 1 cent. As we don&#039;t have a great many American tourists here it surprised me. When you look at them side by side it shouldn&#039;t surprise me any more as when you are shuffling around in your purse to get rid of the loose change at the end of your visit it is easy to make a mistake.</p><p>Do you see much foreign currency in your day to day commerce?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112658[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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