# What were the "currency" exchange rates for cigarettes, chocolate, and nylons in US-occupied Berlin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 31, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-currency-exchange-rates-for-cigarettes-chocolate-and-nylons-in-us-occupied-berlin/607915 "2011-12-31T03:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-currency-exchange-rates-for-cigarettes-chocolate-and-nylons-in-us-occupied-berlin/607915/1 "2011-12-31T03:32:59Z")
1946 Berlin. “Official” scrip was ration cards, right? My father said that what brought action at a daily level was all black market. So, two questions: Within these three commodities (assuming I’m correct that these are the big three) what were their internal rates, eg, x cigarettes is worth y nylons; and What were these commodities worth to the official, current monetary (scrip) situation? I don’t even know the baseline of products and services in either market system, which would help, for starters… ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-currency-exchange-rates-for-cigarettes-chocolate-and-nylons-in-us-occupied-berlin/607915/2 "2011-12-31T04:07:37Z")
In short, pussy. I’m not being snarky here, but it’s very easy to see how a G.I. and a bombed out Fraulein could come to a mutually satisfactory agreement.