Topic: Daily Life
On October 15, 2003, the U.S. Coalition Provisional Authority began issuing a "new Iraqi dinar" to replace Iraq’s old currency, which were smothered with pictures of Saddam. The new Iraqi dinar also replaced the unofficial currency used in the North of Iraq, which some people affectingly called the "Swiss dinar." The Coalition Provisional Authority burned all the old currency turned in by Iraqis.

Most Americans living inside the Green Zone never use the new Iraqi dinar. Inside the Green Zone, American dollars are used at the military post exchange, Burger King, almost every local restaurant, the U.S. Embassy souvenir shop, the liquor stores, rug shops, and every bootleg DVD store. Even the British bar Ocean Cliffs, located inside a housing complex controlled by the British Embassy, accepts the American greenback.