1.  Others suggested that one side of the new bill should continue to indicate the value in the former national currency in the country where it is used.

2.  Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, a former currency trader, confirmed that the U.S. bought dollars to stem its decline.

3.  Urquiza, a former currency trader, said he perceived a demand among Mexican financial firms for a broker to help get the best price in a transaction.

4.  Others, like Frankfurt taxi driver Matthias Rundberger, have down-to-earth reasons for regretting the former German currency.