The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 32, August 12, 2007, Article 9

ON THE USE OF MARIA THERESA THALERS IN SAUDI ARABIA

Regarding the email scam involving Maria Theresa thalers discussed
last week, Jim Downey writes: "I was stationed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
in 1997-98.  I witnessed more than one transaction involving Bedouins
in the markets where Maria Theresa thalers were used as the medium of
exchange.  They were available from money changers for 30 SR.  I
bought one as a souvenir even though I could get them in the US for
less.  The money changers that I talked to about them insisted they
were from France.  I tried to explain their origins but they insisted.
I later learned that they considered all coins that were not of Arab
origin to be from France.  No one could explain why."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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