See a kopek, pick it up...

September 1, 2008
Instead of dollars, in Russia there are rubles. It takes nearly 25 of them to make a dollar. Instead of pennies, they have kopeks. That means that each kopek is worth about .04 cents. One might think that such a small amount would be too trifling to actually be represented in coin form, but that would be silly. This is Russia! Of course there are coins that cost more to transport than they are actually worth. Today at the baked potato stand, the woman asked me to give her 2 more rubles so that the change would come out more nicely. I did so and she handed me my change, which included two 50 kopek pieces. I think everyone hates kopeks and just looks for ways to get rid of them. As an American, I was an easy target, I suppose.