The topic was split to avoid the diversions from the OP. The Aussie Dollar has nothing to do with the Metallica Pinball.

Discussion about the Aussie Dollar is a worthwhile discussion in context of it's own thread 

This thread would be buried in the Metallica thread and the useful contributions would not be able to be referenced. I think it is a good idea to post the value of the dollar and note the price drops / hikes at each Stern / JPP release.