🚀 go-pugleaf

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