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Ken Leonard wrote:
> 
> Charles H. Sampson (sampson@nosc.mil) wrote:
> : In article <4iaedj$q9a@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com>,
> : Ken Leonard <ken@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> wrote:
> : >
> : >To say that the Canadian $2 bill was ever worth more than the US $2 bill
> : >is ludicrous. The Canadian Dollar has always been worth less than the US
> : dollar to the best of my knowledge.
> 
> :      It might be ludicrous, but it has happened.  The most recent time that
> : I know of was in the 1969-1973 time period, I think.  I say "I think" be-
> : cause I'm dredging it up from my memory based on where I was living when it
> : happened (sharing an office with a Canadian).  The fact that the Canadian
> : dollar was worth more than the American is etched in my mind because one of
> : our idiot congressmen was absolutely outraged by it, acting like it was an
> : unpardonable insult to the U. S.
> 
> :                                 Charlie
> 
> Well, I have been a coin collect since 1959 and I do not remember the
> Canadian dollar ever being worth more than the US Dollar. The range I
> have seen is between 70 and 90 cents on the US dollar. Could be wrong
> however. I will research this further.
> 
> -Ken

Believe it!!!

The Canadian dollar was definately worth more than 
the US dollar. It was in the early 70s. I believe 
it got up to around $1.10 US.
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