Venezuela's currency is worth less than a napkin

[Zorro]

Venezuela's money is nothing more than a greasy napkin to one of its citizens.

A photo posted on Reddit Monday has gone viral. It showed a man holding his empanada with a $2 Venezuelan bolivar bill as a napkin. The post has already generated over 1,770 comments.

The Reddit user, "Victorinox126" has a point. One bolivar is literally worth less than a penny on the popular, unofficial exchange rate market.

Venezuela's economy is in shambles and basic goods like napkins are hard to come by. Earlier this year, officials from Trinidad and Tobago allegedly offered to send tissue paper to Venezuela in exchange for oil.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/18/news/economy/venezuela-currency-worth-less-than-a-napkin/index.html

[MADem]

1. Well, since ya can't find toilet paper on the supermarket shelves....

Iraqi dinars were used in similar fashion during the fall of Iraq....all those bills with Saddam's face on 'em...

[Bacchus4.0]

2. the largest bill is 100 bs. 16 cents US. nt