A few years ago in Argentina suddenly disappeared all the coins

Imagine you came to the supermarket, and there in front of you apologize and say that now can not sell anything. Then you decide to drop into a small shop to buy at least a bottle of milk. Served cashier bill and it stretches you, instead of putting a box of chocolates.

And you're on a diet. You sit down on a bus, but you do not have stuff to buy a ticket. The driver understands what your problem is and offers to exchange your large bills on a trifle, but ... 60 times cheaper than face value.

This mysterious shortage of trivia arose several years ago in Argentina. Nobody really knows where in the third largest economy in Latin America suddenly are all the coins. Argentina's government has accused the ordinary citizens that they allegedly hoarding or melted coins because of the relatively high cost of the metal. People blamed the government for the fact that it is not a sufficient number of coins minted, although in 2008 it was produced 500 million small coins. Whatever it was, but the situation was exacerbated by a trifle every day.

Trade has become a nightmare. Surrender was absolutely nothing to give. Large shops simply closed, and fine imposed instead of putting buyers and chocolate chips. Even banks - the places where they live money, set a limit on the issuance of coins in one hand, despite the threats of the government, that such restrictions would be punished by heavy fines.

Most fortunate bus drivers in Buenos Aires, where the board accepts only coins of a certain value. During this period, they are well earned by selling the coin many times more expensive than face value.

via factroom.ru