I love the story about Argentina's mysterious shortage of coins, or monedas. It's a fun little tale about a bizarre trend, complete with quirky subplots; governments fudging inflation data, coin-rich metro bus companies, which only accept payment in coins, supporting a whole moneda black market. In fact, I love it so much I wrote an article on the matter...
Full Article: Basta on the Argentine Coin Stories -Newsweek Blog
