Venezuelans Break Off Flakes of Gold to as Currency With Bolivars Worthless – Bloomberg
A one-night stay at a hotel? That ll be half a gram. Lunch for two at a Chinese restaurant? A quarter of a gram. A haircut? An eighth of a gram, please. Jorge Pena, 20, figured that eighth came to three small flakes — the equivalent of $5. After getting a trim one recent weekday in the town of Tumeremo, he handed them over to his barber, who, satisfied with Pena s calculation, quickly pocketed them. You can pay for everything with gold, Pena says.