10-12-2006, 02:20 PM
BBC NEWS -- <b>Dutch give nod to 'guru currency' </b>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2730121.stm
<img src='http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38782000/jpg/_38782925_raam_currency_small300.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A new "currency" issued by a group founded by Beatles guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi may be used and has not violated Dutch law, the Dutch central bank has said.
The Global Country of World Peace, set up by the Indian mystic, issued the brightly coloured notes of one, five and 10 "raam" last October.
Since then, more than 100 Dutch shops, some of them part of big department store chains, in 30 villages and cities have accepted the notes.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2730121.stm
<img src='http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38782000/jpg/_38782925_raam_currency_small300.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A new "currency" issued by a group founded by Beatles guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi may be used and has not violated Dutch law, the Dutch central bank has said.
The Global Country of World Peace, set up by the Indian mystic, issued the brightly coloured notes of one, five and 10 "raam" last October.
Since then, more than 100 Dutch shops, some of them part of big department store chains, in 30 villages and cities have accepted the notes.
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