Jeff 

Jeff : There’s a shortage of physical currency. 

Article quote: “Shopkeepers across Baghdad say the 250 and 500 dinar note have grown so scarce they are handing customers celery and candy instead of change or waving the difference…”

That’s perfect.  That’s exactly where they want to be because that’s another way they’ve been deleting the zeros…Getting physical currency out of circulation preparing to revalue.