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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 776791, member: 8012&quot;]Christian,</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for that clarification.&nbsp; I guess I was fleshing out the question based on the local economy.&nbsp; You site Germany - I&#039;m siting very poor countries of the BCEAO like Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger, etc.&nbsp; Basically different worlds.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my many years in the CFA countries, a 10,000 CFA banknote was joked to as a &quot;Certificate of Deposit&quot; because if you presented that bill to a vegetable seller, a small liqour store, a small african 7-11 type of place, they would basically refuse service because they could not make change for it.&nbsp; 10,000 CFA was a serious amount of money.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, there were people who went around exchanging &quot;big&quot; value CFA bills for smaller bills.&nbsp; It would cost you anywhere from 2-5%.&nbsp; That was the reality.</p><p><br /></p><p>So back to the point - in the countries where &quot;old&quot; money was made wortheless - the poor people of the country could not afford to keep it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Christian, you refernce 45% of German coinage not having been returned. </p><p><br /></p><p>My point is that in Africa, where people can&#039;t &quot;afford&quot; to hold on to useless money, the percentage of Africans holding on to &quot;worthless&quot; currency and coins has got to be way, way lower than Germany.&nbsp; I was there.&nbsp; People have to do silly things like EAT.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry if I come off wrong - I just don&#039;t think we can compare Europe with Sub-Saharian Africa on this issue.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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