Iran 'to invalidate' banknotes defaced by slogans
BBC
24-Dec-2009 (one comment)

Iran's central bank has said defaced banknotes are to be made invalid, after the appearance of opposition slogans on money, local media report.

They quote bank official Ebrahim Darvishi as saying that people possessing defaced banknotes should exchange them by 8 January.

It was difficult to distinguish genuine defaced notes from fakes, he added.

Messages in support of the opposition have been appearing on banknotes since June's disputed presidential election.

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IRANdokht

marmoulak!

by IRANdokht on Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:46 AM PST

Now I know why they call them marmoulak! In that economy who would risk losing their money's buying power.

Didn't they say they're dropping the extra zeros soon? These bank notes would have been obsolete anyway.

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