The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 32, August 10, 2003, Article 23

SMELLY MONEY

  An August 4, 2003 Reuters report says citizens of
  Bangladesh are rejecting currency that has been around
  the block a few too many times.

  "Bangladesh's currency notes have become so dirty that
  even fishmongers reckon they stink too much to use."

  "The notes are losing their usefulness as currency because
  people are becoming unwilling to take them, central bank
  officials say.  Fish-market traders, for example, have found
  that their customers are demanding coins as change, they say.
  http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?&storyID=3215203

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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