Venezuela’s currency is now so worthless that people are using it as napkins

Tuesday, August 18, 2015
By Paul Martin

MIKE BIRD
BusinessInsider.com
Aug. 18, 2015

An image is going round that sums up just how ridiculous Venezuela’s economy has become.

A Reddit user uploaded a picture on Monday of a man using a 2 bolivar note to hold an empanada.

According to Venezuela’s official bolivar-dollar exchange rate, the man using his money as a napkin is wasting about $0.31 (£0.20).

But on the black market, the reality is completely different. You can get 676.88 bolivars to the dollar, according to dolartoday.com. That means holding food with a 2 bolivar note costs the holder less than a third of one US cent.

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