Charles Ellson wrote:

ITYF the USD is a universal black-market currency in countries where
the economy has gone tits-up, possibly accompanied to a lesser degree
by Sterling and Euros or any more local "trusted" foreign currency.

I was under the impression that the Euro is beginning to usurp the dollar
as currency of choice. Partly because of the state of the dollar value
and partly because the Euro has a ?500 note.

--
Simon

Brighton
ex-Westbury, ex-Aberystwyth