What Can You Do With a Benjamin?

hundred dollar bill
Austin, Texas
May 2, 2017 8:40am CST
Was watching a movie one time and there had been a break in at someone's home. The police were asking about it and a little boy was a witness. He told the police: "They took his Benjamins." The thieves had stolen a bag of money containing several hundred dollar bills. His dad always called the money "his Benjamins". Which leads me to ask this question: What does $100 buy you in your country? I'm in Texas USA. For me and my husband, it's grocery for 2 weeks, purchased at my local grocery store, H-E-B and/or Walmart. In The Bahamas, it will buy: "10 gallons of milk, 20 gallons of gas or about 14 combo meals from McDonald’s." Quote Source: An article published by Time Inc. in their online MONEY magazine. * * * I don't have an IRA account with money to invest in real estate. I'm wondering if I can make $100 grow using foreign exchange methods. Anybody familiar with how to make money grow via foreign exchange methods?
From a gallon of milk in the Bahamas to a pair of Levis in Dubai.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340489)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 May 17
Every time we go overseas the exchange rate seems to work against us.
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cmoneyspinner
@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
2 May 17
First time I went overseas was to The Bahamas. When I came back home I noticed that I had some Bahamian money still in my purse. I didn't know what the exchange rate was and I didn't care. I just knew that I had to exchange the money because you can't use Bahamian currency in the US. Isn't it strange? I could use American money in The Bahamas. They were both considered the same. But when I got back to America I had to get rid of that Bahamian money. When I went to Mexico it was on "official government business" but we used credit cards for purchases, not currency.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340489)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 May 17
@cmoneyspinner Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain but they have their own currency. We couldn't use the coin in GB but we could use the notes. Very strange rules.
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cmoneyspinner
@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
3 May 17
@JudyEv - Wasn't the Euro dollar supposed to make the currency system all simple? Excuse my ignorance. It's what I heard.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (19432)
• London, England
2 May 17
That would get me a little more than £77. A pretty good night in the pub!
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471573)
• Switzerland
2 May 17
We eat very little and go to Italy to buy most of our grocery, it will be grocery for 15 days, here in Switzerland let's say one night in a low/medium Hotel or a dinner at a good restaurant.
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