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2021-08-07 Caribbean-Latin America

Venezuela slashes SIX ZEROES from its inflation-battered currency to make it easier to use amid the country's worst economic crisis in its modern history

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-07 07:11|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 It costs a dollar to make 32 pennies here.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-07 13:22|| 2021-08-07 13:22|| Front Page Top

#2 If they cut all the bills in half back when things started to go south, they'd have twice as much money. Now you'd have to chop them into quarter inch squares.

Posted by SteveS 2021-08-07 13:25|| 2021-08-07 13:25|| Front Page Top

#3 ^^^
Here Steve send these along to your contacts in Venezuela, let'em finish the job they started in the 90's.

Posted by Goober de Medici7702 2021-08-07 13:54|| 2021-08-07 13:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Now you'd have to chop them into quarter inch squares.

Two words: Crosscut Shreadder

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-08-07 14:47|| 2021-08-07 14:47|| Front Page Top

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