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hp-30b with free shipping Message #1 Posted by sjthomas on 10 Apr 2013, 7:26 p.m. Of course, it costs $50,000 from this seller on buy.com: [Image edited to position the seller listing and item description adjacent.] Hurry so you don't miss out on this deal. :-) .

Re: hp-30b with free shipping Message #2 Posted by hpnut on 11 Apr 2013, 12:39 a.m., in response to message #1 by sjthomas perhaps the $ is Zimbabwean dollar, which is plagued by hyperinflation, so a few additional zeros don't matter ;-)

Re: hp-30b with free shipping Message #3 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 11 Apr 2013, 1:32 p.m., in response to message #2 by hpnut Nah, it's the Razorback hog dollar.

Re: hp-30b with free shipping Message #4 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 11 Apr 2013, 4:22 p.m., in response to message #2 by hpnut I think I'll order two :-)

Re: hp-30b with free shipping Message #5 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 11 Apr 2013, 4:54 p.m., in response to message #4 by Gerson W. Barbosa What is the smallest denomination cruzeiro ?

Re: hp-30b with free shipping Message #6 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 11 Apr 2013, 5:40 p.m., in response to message #5 by Michael de Estrada In the original cruzeiro (from 1942 to 1967), it was the 10-cent coin. But the cruzeiro had at least two other versions before being extinct in 1993(I had to look up at Wikipedia -- Brazilian cruzeiro). Later I remember there were 5-cruzeiro coins, but they were worth close to nothing. From '82 to '94 when the Real eventually replaced the cruzado, I collected about 40 bills like the ones in the pictures. They made into my collection when their value dropped to about the price of a bus ticket, except the last one, the bill on top, which was equivalent to US$ 18.18 when it was retired from circulation. I got this one from the bank in the nick of time. I should have taken a few more: now they sell for US$ 100 or more :-)

Re: hp-30b with free shipping Message #7 Posted by Walter B on 12 Apr 2013, 12:45 a.m., in response to message #6 by Gerson W. Barbosa Quote: ... when the Real eventually replaced the cruzado ... Pun intended? d;-)

Re: hp-30b with free shipping Message #8 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 14 Apr 2013, 2:25 a.m., in response to message #7 by Walter B No. BTW, have you ever noticed that when people say "no pun intended" they usually mean the other way around? :-)

Re: hp-30b with free shipping Message #9 Posted by Walter B on 14 Apr 2013, 2:40 a.m., in response to message #8 by Gerson W. Barbosa Pity! Cruzado cruzeiro would have been a good one. d;-)

Re: hp-30b with free shipping Message #10 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 14 Apr 2013, 2:46 a.m., in response to message #9 by Walter B Amazing what people do for a good pun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpher%E2%80%93Bethe%E2%80%93Gamow_paper

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