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Scoundreller
6y ago
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Why not a tenth?
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ssalazar
6y ago
The yuan-usd exchange rate has floated around 6:1 until recently, with yuan denominated down to 0.01. So possibly that.
bobjordan
6y ago
Nailed it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiao_(currency)
eecsninja
6y ago
Don't you mean fen?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fen_(currency)
1/6 of a penny is 0.0016 USD, or 0.01 CNY:
https://www.google.com/search?q=0.0016+usd+to+cny
fheld
6y ago
I guess the 1/6 comes from a currency conversion
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