[VaBthang4]

$53.19 US Dollars = 158,000 Iraqi dinars

LOL!! Dang. You gotta take a friggin dufflebag full of loot with you just to have a nice dinner.

[Leisler]

Before Saddam and the French, three US dollars for one Iraqi dinars. So Saddam and the French have devalued their currency, nearly 500,000 percent. I bet a lot of French and German loans were to be paid back in dinars, that they are kept on the books as worth billions of dollars, but in reality are worthless, well, maybe a sawbuck for everything.

[maica]

$53US = 158000 dinars ---

That explains why a report said that Iraqis are paying $0.12 for a months supply of food, distributed by the Food for Oil program. Just a bit disingenuous of the reporter not to add that the Iraqi mother has to take a handful of bills to reach that 12 cent amount! Another example of our American(?) press corps.

[Terridan]

Incredible!!! Thanks... but still interesting how people fall for these... "windfall monies"! ;)

[Billy_bob_bob]

Naah, they just start printing more and more zeros on the notes. Pretty soon they start attaching stamps to the notes to add an additional zero or three. Take a look at old German bills to see what I mean.