12
Feb
2010
What Has Government Done to Their Money?
This is pretty funny:
An exciting new role has just opened up at the national mint of Chile, but there’s a catch: successful applicants will have to be able to spell the word “Chile.”
That seemingly simple task was the undoing of the former general manager of the Chilean mint, Gregorio Iñiguez, who has reportedly been let go after an embarrassing blunder.
Iñiguez minted a set of 50-peso coins with the nation’s name spelt C-H-I-I-E instead of the usual C-H-I-L-E, the BBC reported.
But I think my favorite part of the story is this: “The mistake was also missed by the head franker at the Chilean mint, Pedro Urzúa, who pleaded his innocence when it was alleged the mistake was done on propose, the BBC said.”
Do you see why?
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