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From: "GenealogyRO Group" <>
Subject: [HUNGARY-L] [GenRoG] --RE: Lei
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 09:25:11 +0300
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> (2.) The letter in Hungarian addressed to Clotilda mentions something
costing
> 500,000 Leieue and in another part of the letter it reads Lei.
> ******************************
> (Lei is the correct spelling) ROmanian currency
> ****************** Approximately how much in US
> Dollars would the 500000 Lei have been in 1922?
> ***************************************************
> There was a terrible inflation in those days so it may just be a couple of
> bucks depending on the exact date.
> ********************************************************

For an answer, check also
http://www.genealogy.ro/banat/monetaryhistory.html

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