Funny money

limey · 11-01-2013, 12:51 AM

This is a picture of USD 317.75 in Uzbek currency (UZS 350,000). The exchange rate is fixed by presidential decree.
Sample prices for western manufactured electrical goods are: washing machine - one to two million; hoover 600,000 to 120,000; kettle 200,000 and up.
Average middle class wage in Tashkent is about USD 400/month. Salaries (and prices, though western made goods are probably only available in Tashkent) in the regions will be much less, maybe by as much as 50%. A sim card with 10MB of data and 100 minutes of local calls cost just over USD 8. Adding 5MB cost another 10 cents.
Local biscuits (cookies), sold loose by weight cost from 6,000 to 120,000 per kilo. A 100g bar of Russian (so still imported goods) chocolate is 5,000.
Average taxi fare around town seems to be 5,000.
I changed too much money and will change it back later today, apart from what I spend on overpriced souvenirs in the hotel shop.

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11-01-2013, 12:51 AM	#1
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Funny money This is a picture of USD 317.75 in Uzbek currency (UZS 350,000). The exchange rate is fixed by presidential decree. Sample prices for western manufactured electrical goods are: washing machine - one to two million; hoover 600,000 to 120,000; kettle 200,000 and up. Average middle class wage in Tashkent is about USD 400/month. Salaries (and prices, though western made goods are probably only available in Tashkent) in the regions will be much less, maybe by as much as 50%. A sim card with 10MB of data and 100 minutes of local calls cost just over USD 8. Adding 5MB cost another 10 cents. Local biscuits (cookies), sold loose by weight cost from 6,000 to 120,000 per kilo. A 100g bar of Russian (so still imported goods) chocolate is 5,000. Average taxi fare around town seems to be 5,000. I changed too much money and will change it back later today, apart from what I spend on overpriced souvenirs in the hotel shop. Sent by thought transference Attached Images __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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