Coin shortage in Argentina

Submitted by John on Tue, 2007-11-06 12:24.

A story by Reuters regarding the coin shortage in Argentina:

ArgentinaCoinShortage

Nowhere in the article is mentioned the most likely reason for the hoarding resulting in a shortage, which is that paper bills have no intrinsic value while coins do. Metal wins over paper when there is monetary expansion.

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