Monies

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So…. It’s been awhile. In all honestly, I’ve had some major writer’s block... MAJOR writer's block. I tried to write several posts, but my thoughts and ideas were anything but cohesive. SO, my solution is to not try to write my typical posts. Instead I’m going to try to paint a portrait of Joburg for you guys by giving you little tidbits at a time.

Let’s talk about the money!

Money is so colorful here! I love it!

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AND it has Mandela’s face on it… big surprise! The back side has the Big 5 (like, each bill has a different animal in the Big 5... the Big 5 are (in order of R10 to R200): rhino, elephant, lion, cape buffalo, leopard). Right now the exchange rate is around 10 Rand to 1 USD. So getting a double cheeseburger meal at McDonald’s cost R35.00 aka about $3.50! 

 

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We also have coins: R5, R2, R1, and then for some strange reason we even have 50 cents, 20 cents, 10 cents, and 5 cents. It blows my mind that we have 5 cents because you almost never use it. Once upon a time there were 1 cent & 2 cent coins, but they got rid of them because they were such superfluous increments. So, since we DO still have 5 cents, if you go to the store and your total of groceries is R214.26, the cashier rounds it to R214.25. Everywhere you go the total is rounded when you pay with cash.

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Anywho, thanks for reading! There’s your Joburg tidbit for the week!