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Was in a barbershop looking for coin auctions in the paper as I waited my turn, and saw a full page ad, no reference to whom bought the piece but here are some of the prices quoted--the exchange here is currently around 41 pesos to a dollar

Silver Dollars 1878-1935 400 pesos
half dollars 1964 and pre 200 pesos
quarters 1964 and pre 50 pesos
dimes 1964 and pre 25 pesos


cant escape em

Oh, and as for the haircut, scissors only, included an old fashioned shave, head massage, scalp treatment, arm and back massage, shampoo--and this was a barbershop--not a salon--best ive had in forever

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,777 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Was in a barbershop looking for coin auctions in the paper as I waited my turn, and saw a full page ad, no reference to whom bought the piece but here are some of the prices quoted--the exchange here is currently around 41 pesos to a dollar

    Silver Dollars 1878-1935 400 pesos
    half dollars 1964 and pre 200 pesos
    quarters 1964 and pre 50 pesos
    dimes 1964 and pre 25 pesos


    cant escape em

    Oh, and as for the haircut, scissors only, included an old fashioned shave, head massage, scalp treatment, arm and back massage, shampoo--and this was a barbershop--not a salon--best ive had in forever >>



    This post would be more meaningful to most of us here if we could get the value of a peso in U.S. Dollars.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    based on the info i found 1 PHP is .02388 cents out of $1 USD. so a little over 2 cents on the dollar.

    just a matter of multiplying that against the peso offers
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    << <i>Was in a barbershop looking for coin auctions in the paper as I waited my turn, and saw a full page ad, no reference to whom bought the piece but here are some of the prices quoted--the exchange here is currently around 41 pesos to a dollar

    Silver Dollars 1878-1935 400 pesos
    half dollars 1964 and pre 200 pesos
    quarters 1964 and pre 50 pesos
    dimes 1964 and pre 25 pesos


    cant escape em

    Oh, and as for the haircut, scissors only, included an old fashioned shave, head massage, scalp treatment, arm and back massage, shampoo--and this was a barbershop--not a salon--best ive had in forever >>



    This post would be more meaningful to most of us here if we could get the value of a peso in U.S. Dollars. >>



    Working with coins usually gets your basic math skills efficient. 1/41 = approximately 1/40 which = 0.025? so slightly less than 0.025?
  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,467 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just checked out a gold buying pop-up about an hour ago.
    $13 for 90% silver dollars, $16 for ASE's, 10x face for everything else.
    1 oz. AGE $1000. Asked if they were selling, no we don't sell anything here.
    As I was leaving an older couple pulled in. I can't imagine anyone with a bit of sense
    would unload at those prices.
    World coins FSHO Hundreds of successful BST transactions U.S. coins FSHO
  • KaelasdadKaelasdad Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭
    "This post would be more meaningful to most of us here if we could get the value of a peso in U.S. Dollars."

    I thought I posted enough to make it clear. 41 pesos to a dollar is current currency exchange. (410 pesos would equal 10 dollars in this scenario)

    If they are buying a silver dollar for 400 pesos, thats almost 10 bucks.
    A 90% half is around 5 bucks,
    a 90% quarter is around 1.10, and
    a 90% dime is around 55 cents.
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You did post enough to make it clear... 41 pesos = $1
    When in doubt, don't.
  • BubbleheadBubblehead Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭
    image

    When I was over there in '65, I believe there were 35 Pesos to the dollar.

    My Navy pay was about $400 a month then. I enjoyed my liberty time there! image
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,777 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You did post enough to make it clear... 41 pesos = $1 >>



    I missed that. Sorry. image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • Klif50Klif50 Posts: 693 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>image

    When I was over there in '65, I believe there were 35 Pesos to the dollar.

    My Navy pay was about $400 a month then. I enjoyed my liberty time there! image >>



    When I was on Clark Air Base in 1972 and 1973 the peso was 6 to the dollar unless you bought them downtown where you could get 7 to the dollar. Mixed drinks were 3 pesos, beer 1.5 pesos, hot bread 1 peso, chicken/mystery meat on a stick 1 peso to 1.5 pesos. Coke in the bars 1.5 pesos. I guess all those neat places went when the volcano blew and the base went away.
  • HoledandCreativeHoledandCreative Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Anywhere you can find coins for sale you can find individuals buying as cheap as dirt. How much was that haircut?
  • KaelasdadKaelasdad Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭
    well, a beer at a bar is 40 pesos, haircuts range from 40 pesos on up, a coke in a glass bottle is 7 pesos, decent lunch in a resort restaurant with a whole fish, sizzling pork and rice, around 400 pesos (enough for 2 people), laundry service, a weeks worth of laundry, runs around 200 pesos. My recent run to the pharmacy for some meds ( no doctor required or script) ran me 3,000 pesos--the same 2 meds made by the same companies, in the same doses, in the same boxes, made in the same place, USA, cost me $400 US last month. I plan to fill up next week before i get on the plane. buy the right stuff, the trip ends up almost free. Just wish I could find some old coins--any coins are scarce here, other than your basic pocket change


  • << <i>Anywhere you can find coins for sale you can find individuals buying as cheap as dirt. How much was that haircut? >>



    Yep, they are everywhere image
  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭
    those prices are horribly low
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