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		<title>The New Gs. 2,000 Bill &#8211; El Nuevo Billete de Gs. 2,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1147" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://discoveringparaguay.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/2000h2o.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1147" title="Gs2000 in water" src="http://discoveringparaguay.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/2000h2o-225x300.jpg" alt="Gs. 2,000 in water - Gs. 2,000 en agua" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Never do this with Gs. 1,000. - Nunca hagas esto con Gs. 1,000</p></div>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Some years ago I received a fresh, crisp Gs. 1,000 bill. Seems like a strange gift, but if you´ve received change in Paraguay you´ll realize how rare this is. Subjected to years of manhandling in the Paraguayan heat and humidity &#8220;one mil&#8221; (&#8220;mil&#8221;=thousand) bills are smelly, crumbling, and mysteriously humid, messes. But small change is changing in Paraguay.  In the last few months 1mil bills have been almost entirely replaced with 1mil coins. That´s not all though&#8230;</p>
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Now there´s a new small bill in town: the <a href="http://http://www.ultimahora.com/imagenes/282003-El-nuevo-billete-2.000-guaran%C3%ADes#">Gs. 2,000 bill</a>. Smooth and colorful it has thusfar proven to be superior in almost every way to even my museum quality 1mil bill. I&#8217;ll admit it, I&#8217;m obsessed. I like the fact that it features two Paraguayan women (teachers Adela and Celsa Speratti) with a ñanduti background. I like that I can now pay for bus fare (Gs. 2,100) with one bill and one coin. And, I´m not ashamed to say this, I like that I can play &#8220;peek a boo&#8221; (here it´s &#8220;¡coreco&#8230; guaaa!&#8221;) with my nieces and nephews through the bill´s two see-through sections.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Hace un par de años recibí como regalo un billete nuevito y sin arrugas de Gs. 1,000.  Quizás paresca un regalo extraño, pero si has recibido cambio en Paraguay sabrás que tan único es.  Sujetos a años de abuso en el calor y la humedad paraguaya casi todos los billetes de mil son desastres malolorientos y misteriosamente húmedos que se deshacen en tu misma mano.  Pero han habido cambios con el cambio de Paraguay.  En últimos meses el billete de Gs. 1,000 ha sido casi completamente reemplazado con la moneda de Gs. 1,000.  Y eso no es todo&#8230;</p>
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Ahora hay un billete nuevo en el escenario: el <a href="http://www.ultimahora.com/imagenes/282003-El-nuevo-billete-2.000-guaran%C3%ADes#">billete de Gs. 2,000</a>. Liso y colorido, hasta ahora ha demostrado ser superior en todos los aspectos al billete de Gs. 1,000 (aún comparandolo con mi billete calidad museo). Lo admito, estoy obsesionada.  Me encanta que figuran dos mujeres paraguayas (profesoras Adela y Celsa Speratti) con un fondo de ñanduti. Me encanta que ahora puedo pagar el pasaje del colectivo (Gs. 2,100) con un billete y una moneda.  Y, no tengo verguenza en admitirlo, me encanta que puedo jugar &#8220;te veo&#8221; (aquí sería &#8220;¡coreco&#8230; guaaa!&#8221;) con mis sobrinos a traves de la secciones transparentes del billete.</p>
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<a href="http://discoveringparaguay.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/newGs20001.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1149" title="The New Gs.2,000 bill - El Nuevo Billete Gs. 2,000" src="http://discoveringparaguay.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/newGs20001-300x169.jpg" alt="The New Gs.2,000 bill - El Nuevo Billete Gs. 2,000" width="300" height="169" /></a><br />
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The first thing you will notice about the 2mil bill is it&#8217;s strange, space-age texture. This is due to the fact that it is made out of a polymer substrate, or, in layman&#8217;s terms, plastic. The <a href="http://www.bcp.gov.py/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=478&amp;Itemid=234">cited benefit</a>s of this material are its durability (due to its imperviousness to water), superior hygenic qualities, and dificulty to forge.   Some people have found the bill&#8217;s smoothness off-putting. I can see how the lack of traction it has could get annoying if you had to handle them in large quantities as a bus driver, supermarket teller or almacen owner. The bill may have it&#8217;s detractors but after years of being handed crumbling odorous 1mil bills it is hard to see the 2mil bill as anything but a step forward.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For more on polymer currency worldwide check out this interesting website&gt; http://www.polymernotes.org/</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Lo primero que uno nota del billete de Gs. 2,000 es us extraña textura de la era espacial.  Esto se debe a que el billete está hecho de un sustrado de pólimer, o, en Cristiano, plástico.  Los <a href="http://www.bcp.gov.py/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=478&amp;Itemid=234">beneficios citados</a> de este material es su durabilidad (ya que es impermeable), higiene superior, y dificultdad de falsifica. Para algunas personas el billete es demasiado resvaloso.  Entiendo como al ser tan liso puede llegar a dificultar el trabajo de personas que los usa en grandes cantidades &#8211; choferes, cajeros y almaceneras.  Quisás tenga sus detractores pero después de años de recibir billetes diondos y desmoronados es dificil negar que el billete de Gs. 2,000 representa un paso hacia adelante.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Para conocer más sobre el uso de billetes de pólimer en el resto del mundo ingresa a esta página interesante: http://www.polymernotes.org/</p>
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		<title>Gs. 1,000 = ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Supposedly Asunción is the cheapest capital city in the world. So what does Gs. 1,000 (about 22 US cents)  buy you? Before your bill crumbles away into oblivion you can spend it on:

fresh chipa from a street chipera (chipa in stores and cafes is more pricey)

packet of &#8220;caramelo HALLS&#8221; from any bus vendor

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<p>Supposedly Asunción is the cheapest capital city in the world. So what does Gs. 1,000 (about 22 US cents)  buy you? Before your bill crumbles away into oblivion you can spend it on:
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<li>fresh chipa from a street chipera (chipa in stores and cafes is more pricey)</li>
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<li>packet of &#8220;caramelo HALLS&#8221; from any bus vendor</li>
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<li>2 to 3 of pojha ñanas (medicinal herbs) pre-mashed for your tereré</li>
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<li>bunch of fresh basil at the Agro-Shopping </li>
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<li>a bar of &#8220;dulce de maní&#8221; (street or bus)</li>
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<li>a handfull of text messages</li>
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<li>a cup of mosto (sugar cane juice) from a plastic or aluminum cup</li>
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<p>Supuestamente Asución es la capital más barata del mundo. ¿Qué puedes conseguir con Gs. 1,000 (aprox. 22 centavos EEUU)? Antes de que tu billete se desmorone por completo úsalo para comprar:
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<li>chipa caliente de una chipera ambulante (chipa en cafés es más caro)</li>
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<li>paquete de caramelos HALLS en cualquier colectivo</li>
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<li>2 o 3 pojha ñanas (yuyos) pre-machucados para tu tereré</li>
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<li>un atado de albahaca fresca en el Agro-Shopping</li>
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<li>una barra de dulce de maní (de la calle or en el colectivo)</li>
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<li>un vaso de mosto (jugo de caña) en un vaso de plástico o aluminio</li>
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		<title>Is your Gs. 1,000 bill an antique? &#8211; ¿Tu billete de Gs. 1,000 es una antiguedad?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Telltale signs that your 1,000 Gs bill might be a true survivor of the Guerra del Chaco worthy of &#8220;ex-combatiente&#8221; (veteran) status:

Held together with tape or even better, staples
A strange smell and it is always slightly damp
Various declarations of love or other writings inked on 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><a href="http://www.guidetoparaguay.com/uploaded_images/Paraguay-Mil-Bill-726303.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 284px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://www.guidetoparaguay.com/uploaded_images/Paraguay-Mil-Bill-726289.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Telltale signs that your 1,000 Gs bill might be a true survivor of the Guerra del Chaco worthy of &#8220;ex-combatiente&#8221; (veteran) status:
<ul>
<li>Held together with tape or even better, staples</li>
<li>A strange smell and it is always slightly damp</li>
<li>Various declarations of love or other writings inked on </li>
</ul>
<p>The #1 sign : who ever gave it to you disappeared quickly before you could ask for a less damaged bill.</p>
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<p>Señales que tu billete de Gs. 1,000 es un verdadero sobreviviente de la Guerra del Chaco, merecedor del título de &#8220;ex-combatiente&#8221;:
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<li>Está unido con cinta o aún mejor, presillas</li>
<li>Un olor diondo y siempre se encuentra medio húmedo</li>
<li>Varias declaraciones de amor u otras cosas escritas</li>
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<p align="justify">La señal #1: El que te lo dió desapareció rápidamente antes de que tuvieras la oportunidad de pedirle un billete menos dañado.</p>
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		<title>Getting the most out of the high exchange rate &#8211; Como aprovechar al máximo la taza alta del Dólar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The exchange rate for the US Dollar has been hovering around the high Gs. 4,000´s for the last couple of weeks. I have heard through &#8220;radio so´o&#8221; (the Paraguayan grapevine) that this is a temporary phenomenom. Might as well take advantage while it lasts. Some tips for getting the most out of your dollars in [...]]]></description> 

			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The exchange rate for the US Dollar has been hovering around the high Gs. 4,000´s for the last couple of weeks. I have heard through &#8220;radio so´o&#8221; (the Paraguayan grapevine) that this is a temporary phenomenom. Might as well take advantage while it lasts. Some tips for getting the most out of your dollars in Asunción.</p>
<p> &#8211; Change money in the Centro &#8211; The exchange rate offered in downtown Asunción (the &#8220;centro&#8221;) tends to be higher than in Villa Morra and other areas. Most of the &#8220;casas de cambio&#8221; downtown are located along Calle Palma going 2-3 blocks in either direction from the Panteón de los Heroes<br /> &#8211; Financieras usually have better rates then normal banks or exchange houses. There is a Financiera Brios in Shopping Villa Morra and there a couple of financieras along Palma.</p>
<p> &#8211; If you are changing a large quantity of money or are a regular ask for a better rate.</p>
<p> &#8211; Remember that US $100 bills with serials starting in CB and D are not being accepted.</p>
<p>I have not had any experience changing money on the street. Please feel free to comment if you have!</p>
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<div align="justify">La taza de cambio para el dólar americano casi ha llegado a los Gs. 5,000 en las últimas semanas. He oido por medio de radio so´o (versión Jopará del famoso &#8220;me lo contó un pajarito&#8221;)que es un fenómeno temporario. Más vale aprovecharlo mientras dura. Algunos consejos para sacarle el jugo a tus dólares en Asunción:</p>
<p> &#8211; Cambia dinero en el Centro &#8211; la taza de cambio tiende a ser más alta en el centro de Asunción que en Villa Morra y otras areas. La mayoría de las casas de cambio se ubican en la calle Palma extendiéndose 2 &#8211; 3 cuadras en ambas direcciónes desde el Panteón de los Héroes.</p>
<p> &#8211; Las financieras normalmente tiene mejores tazas que los bancos o casas de cambio. Hay una Financiera Brios en Shopping Villa Morra y varias financieras a lo largo de Palma.</p>
<p> &#8211; Si estás cambiando una suma grande de dinero o sos cliente regular pedí que te den una mejor taza.</p>
<p> &#8211; Recuerda que los billetes de US $100 serie CB y D no están siendo aceptadas.</p>
<p>Nunca he cambiado dinero con los cambistas en la calle. Siéntete libre para agregar un comentario si lo has hecho! </p></div>
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