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Shanghai to Europe for SH$300

Posted: June 26th, 2016 | 5 Comments »

The Union Steamship Agency got you back to Europe from Shanghai about as cheaply as anyone could – might be a bit of a round about route though but still only 16 days. Problem was that Europe was Vladivostok!

Union Steamship Agency

5 Comments on “Shanghai to Europe for SH$300”

  1. 1 klu9 said at 11:24 pm on June 27th, 2016:

    What’s the “Sh.” of “From Sh. $300”? Was there such a thing as a “Shanghai dollar”?

  2. 2 paul French said at 12:06 am on June 28th, 2016:

    Shanghai, or Chinese dollars – $1, $5, $10, $50 and $100 notes – as a rough guide Shanghai dollars (Mex) sums can be multiplied by six for an approximate equivalent US$ sum in 2012/2013.

  3. 3 klu9 said at 2:49 am on June 30th, 2016:

    So people speaking/writing in English used “Shanghai dollars” to mean the Chinese national currency (when it was pegged to the Mexican peso/”Mexican/Spanish dollar”) and not an “independent” Shanghai-specific currency?

  4. 4 Paul French said at 2:55 pm on June 30th, 2016:

    No, not specific – just another way of saying $Mex

  5. 5 klu9 said at 11:38 pm on June 30th, 2016:

    Thanks!

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