A short hard deadline, something like one month, for citizens to turn in the large notes is not just administrative convenience. It’s a deliberate pressure mechanism. Legitimate money has every reason to come in during that window. It’s brilliant. Holders of undeclared or illicit stocks [of dinar] face a binary choice. Bring it in and answer questions or miss the cut off and be left holding notes that are no longer usable or redeemable…Those who stay outside effectively hold a bag of paper that has lost its function as money. We’re talking about inside Iraq… :Militia Man
