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> The foreign currency reserves have dwindled over the last year from $30 billion to $15, the minimum required by law is currently $14 Is that $15,000,000,000
by devoutsalsa 5y ago
> The foreign currency reserves have dwindled over the last year from $30 billion to $15, the minimum required by law is currently $14
Is that $15,000,000,000 or $15.00? Just curious :P
- aparsons 5y agoComments like these are generally not constructive to discussions. You are on the internet, on Hacker News, so I assume you’re probably living in a first-world country and completed secondary school or college. Which number do you think is more likely?
- andyana 5y agoWhat a dumb assumption on your part.
- glial 5y agoI went to Turkey in 2005. The 1 lyra note was also the 1,000,000 Lyra note.
- kingofpandora 5y agoOne million lira was equivalent to one new lira.
- glial 5y agoYes. I apologize for messing up the spelling. It just struck me as amazing that they still used the old bank notes, and just cut 6 0’s off for the conversion.
- indeedmug 5y agoI thought the guy was talking about $15 too. I figured that they completely ran out of foreign currency.