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| Iraq |
| Photocopied Iraqi dinars, the only legal tender currency since 1991 |
| 2003-04-12 |
| From an Arab News article about the fall of Mosul. The sidewalk in front of the burning central bank building was littered with the shredded remains of photocopied Iraqi dinars, the only legal tender currency since Saddam banned the use of regular bank notes following his defeat in the 1991 Gulf War. As gunmen fired into the air, people still risked their lives to get into the bank’s vault and carry out armfuls of the photocopied cash that is now virtually worthless. This is the first time I have heard of a country that was so f***ked-up that it had to resort to photocopying its own money. |
| Posted by:Phil B |