Citizens’ initiative is collecting Spain’s obsolete currency, the peseta, before the deadline to exchange them runs out.

Laura Villadiego is a freelance journalist based in Thailand and covering Southeast Asia. Her work focuses on human rights, labour issues and the envi... ronment.
Citizens’ initiative is collecting Spain’s obsolete currency, the peseta, before the deadline to exchange them runs out.
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