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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3363308, member: 19463&quot;]As I understand the matter, professional moneychangers operated a lot like they do today.&nbsp; You could trade in your coins of Nicopolis for local coins of Antioch but there would be a charge based on the trouble the moneychanger would have getting his money out of them.&nbsp; That could mean that one coin of a certain size from a nearby town would bring 80% face value while another from far away would be 20%.&nbsp; We don&#039;t know a lot about moneychangers and their operations but there is that Bible story about Jesus turning over their tables in disgust so I don&#039;t think they were popular.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today we have a similar situation in &#039;gift cards&#039;.&nbsp; A friend gave me a gift card for a restaurant I don&#039;t like as a thank you for shooting his son&#039;s wedding for free.&nbsp; My choices were to go eat there, give the card to charity who would benefit a a much reduced rate or sell it to a gift card exchange for half its face value.&nbsp; The gift card issuers count on me forgetting about it altogether.&nbsp; What do you do with the foreign coins you carry back from vacation?&nbsp; Can&#039;t win situation?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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