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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 1:10 pm
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Originally Posted by Cattle Airlines
At the visitor's center at the Peace Arch, I see Americans exchanging money. I presume some Canadians, maybe not too many, are exchanging it on the opposite site.

Wouldn't it be good to exchange money with each other? That way, everyone would be getting a higher rate. However, hold up a cardboard sign and you'll look homeless.
While the idea is excellent it would not take long for crooks to use this as a way of laundering counterfeit bills.
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