Venezuelan Currency is Precious, Banknotes Are Changed to Handicraft Items
The economic crisis that hit Venezuela is getting worse with inflation reaching 13,000 percent. Conditions that make the country's currency, Bolivar becomes very low value, even worthless.
Venezuelan banknotes are even rarely found scattered on the streets. But some creative traders actually use the pieces of paper money as a material to make artwork.
Wilmer Rojas (25), a handicraft merchant decided to use the bolivary money to make a purse, wallet, or basket.
According to him, banknotes that have been formed into handicraft items can be worth more than when still in the form of money sheets.
Venezuela's bolivar currency exchange rate is among the lowest in Latin America. One Venezuelan bolivar is only worth US $ 0.000 or Rp 0.55.
"With two, five or even 10 bolivars can not afford to buy a candy, people even throw away the paper money because it can not be used to buy anything." No one else would take it, "Rojas said.
But with the craft, Rojas can sell it at a more reasonable price.
It is said Rojas, a paper hat of paper money requires about hundreds of bolivars. The amount can only be to buy a pack of cigarettes.
But once a hat can be sold up to 300,000 bolivars and enough to buy a kilo of meat.
