WEEK# 499 HAPPY NEW YEAR

[Guest Dana G]

Q: Give the total face-value (converted to U.S. dollars) if a single example of all currently circulating banknote denominations in the Pitcairn Islands were collected.

 

 

Good luck everyone & have a great weekend!

 

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[ritter]

tough question.i'll guess $138.75

[dan8402]

Only NZ notes circulate, and they are denominated in $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100.

 

So, a total of $185NZ.

 

But, if you want that converted to US$, the exchange rate today is 1.28NZD per 1 USD. $185NZD X 1.28 = $143.97US

[mtnstyne]

$77.73

[JIM F.]

Zero.

 

 

[mattcorbett2010]

Looks like the Pitcairn Islands uses New Zealand currency so:

 

New Zealand Color exchange rate US Amount

5 Orange 0.773078 3.87

10 Blue 7.73

20 Green 15.46

50 Purple 38.65

100 Red 77.31

Total 143.02

 

Rate found on 12/31 @ http://www.x-rates.com/d/NZD/table.html

[Guest Dana G]

Q: Give the total face-value (converted to U.S. dollars) if a single example of all currently circulating banknote denominations in the Pitcairn Islands were collected.

 

 

 

A: 143.405 USD (185 NZD. New Zealand currency circulates in the Pitcairn Islands)

 

 

 

 

Great job everyone and congratulations to our winner dan8402 and our runner up mattcorbett2003.

 

Don't forget to stop by this Friday for NGC's question