Roll call Alaska 2017

AlaskaShooter wrote:
What's SAD is so many folks don't know Alaska is one of our 50 United States and uses US Currency. FAILED, US Geography in school.

Yes, Amazon Prime doesn't think we're part of the US either - half of the stuff I've tried to order recently they won't ship to Alaska.

Bill

Well tomorrow, Friday, is the start of our 3 month adventure north to Alaska. Getting last minute things done tonight. We pray for no major problems. Wishing all here a great journey also.

Alaska Shooter, I envy you. I wish I would have had the guts to do what you did. You have my total admiration. If I had it to do over again, I would have been right there with you.

What's SAD is so many folks don't know Alaska is one of our 50 United States and uses US Currency. FAILED, US Geography in school.

You know Alaska is just off the California Coast next to Hawaii? And that you can't drive to it. Now that's SAD....

But I have to admit when I was back in my 20's and set forth to go work in Alaska it was a Real Adventure. I was a C student in school and knew Alaska was north of WA but had no idea how big and beautiful the state is. There was no WWW back then so I couldn't take a crash course on Alaska before moving north. I don't regret spending 25 years of my life living up North.

AlaskaShooter wrote:
Before someone asks, I worked for 21 yrs for the JNU Police Dept. I was asked a few tines what currency is used in Akaska? No foreign accent so I suspect these were Americans. We use the Alaska wild life currency.

$1.00 = A Seagull
$5.00 = A Grouse
$10.00= A Wolf
$20.00= A Moose
$50.00= A Grizzly Bear
$100.00=A Humpback Whale
We dont have pennies. Nickel is a Salmon, Dime is an Otter & a Quarter is a Halibut.

Otherwise we use US Currency.

Gotta love cruise ship passengers. And now I are one. LOL

It's sad that you may have just confused a few folks!

Before someone asks, I worked for 21 yrs for the JNU Police Dept. I was asked a few tines what currency is used in Akaska? No foreign accent so I suspect these were Americans. We use the Alaska wildlife currency.

$1.00 = A Seagull
$5.00 = A Grouse
$10.00= A Wolf
$20.00= A Moose
$50.00= A Grizzly Bear
$100.00=A Humpback Whale
We dont have pennies. Nickel is a Salmon, Dime is an Otter & a Quarter is a Halibut.

Otherwise we use US Currency.

Gotta love cruise ship passengers. And now I are one. LOL

Countdown until June 1 when I depart for Fairbanks and a summer volunteer job nearby. I expect to cross into Canada at Sweetgrass on about June 3.

Last summer we left home with $2,000.00 in US currency. Once in BC on Day 1 I found a Credit Union and exchanged $1,000.00 US for $1,250.00 CD with exchange rate. I had two rolls if Loonies left from a prior visit to CD from years ago when I lived in Ketchikan for 4 yrs prior to moving to Juneau before I retired.

I was finally able to use all my Loonies doing laundry and at rig power wash outlets. When we needed more many laundromats had change machines that will change paper currency to their coin, the Loonie. Since a $5.00 bill is their smallest denomination you get 5 Loonies. Most machines will do $10.00 bills and some will even do a $20.00 bill.

And of course all RV Park owners will make change for you so you can give it back to them.

I even stopped at a laundry mat in Skagway and got 20 Loonies in a small baggie so we could do laundry back at the RV Park as the office was rarely open. It all worked out for us.

-George

CDN money...Loonies and twonies..or toonies...are the one and two dollar pieces. Otherwise, we use the same names for currancy..quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies.

Some..but not ALL machines in Canada will accept an american quarter. or dime. or nickels. Machines won't keep the US quarter..it'll just drop it into the recepticle.


And yes, our bills looks different than US currency.


https://www.google.ca/search?q=canadian+currency&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjY57vwz-3TAhUh_IMKHUFTAkEQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=789



Gary Haupt

YodaRules wrote:
OK.... I'm getting lost.... what is the CAD coin names and equivlents, like we have quarters, dimes, etc. (and quarters are the single most used coin in machines.

Thanks,

Patsy

It's pretty simple, really.

1 cent coin = Penny (formerly, pretty well phased out by now)
5 cent coin = Nickel
10 cent coin = Dime
25 cent coin = Quarter
50 cent coin = Half dollar (not very commonly used)
1 dollar coin = Loonie (because it has a picture of a loon on it)
2 dollar coin = Toonie or Twoonie (it's worth two of the looines)