La Orquidea./ The orchard.

El billete que cambió la forma de ver el dinero para los ricos y los pobres. Quien se imaginarìa que existiera un billete de tan alta denominacion cuando un jugo de naranja costaba un medio. Con un Bolivar se compraba la merienda en la escuela y un fuerte (cinco Bolos), hacía rico a un niño por un día. Para entonces la Orquidea era lo equivalente a 1US $ (2013)... poco menos de 5 centavos (Bolivares) de los actuales hoy en día...

This actual note (500 Bs) changed the way of spending money for poor and rich. Who would have thought that such a high amount of money could be worth one note only. By the time you could have bought 2000 fresh orange juices in the shop. With one Bs you were able to buy a whole school meal and with 5 Bs in the pocket, any kid was rich. Then the Orchard was worth 1US $ (2013), almost five cents (Bs) of today’s money.

 

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