Czechmatediary

The Czech crown has been reaching its all-time record-highs against the US dollar these past couple of months. The absolute highest point was reached on March 12th when 1 US dollar was equal to only 16.0 CZK.

When I came to the US in 1998 the American dollar was worth about 43 Czech crowns and I was scared to death to buy even a chewing gum: a 2-dollar chewing gum (about 80 crowns) was worth as much as a decent dinner for two (!) in a Czech restaurant. When I went to visit home on the other hand, being a poor student here in America I felt like a queen in Czech, buying whatever caught my eye. And now, I guess, it’s going to be my poor rich Czech relatives sending me packages and not the other way….

CZ: Ceske korune se oproti americkemu dolaru v pozdejsi dobe dosti vede. Rekord dosahla 12. brezna, kdy byl dolar rovny pouze 16-ti korunam ceskym!! Kdyz jsem prisla do Statu v roce 1998, dolar stal v teto dobe kolem 43 korun. Cokoliv jsem si chtela tady v Americe koupit mi presly chute, jakmile jsem si cenu prepocitala na ceske koruny. Zdanlive nevinna zvykacka za $2 se stala obrovskou financi prekazkou, jakmile jsem zjistila jeji opravdou cenu: 80 korun!! Za tolik penez jsem si mohla koupit peknou veceri - ne - 2 vecere v jakekoliv ceske restauraci! Kdyz jsem ale na druhou stranu prijela na navstevu do Cech, tak se ze zdanlive chude studenty stala na par dni naprosta kralovna, nebo-li tzv. “bohata pribuzna z Ameriky” a kupovala jsem si, co jsem chtela. Ale casy se meni, a misto abych posilala balicky “na prilepsenou” do Cech, tak to ted asi bude naopak…

Source: http://www.exchange-rates.org/history/CZK/USD/G