What is 'Currency'. Currency is a generally accepted form of money, including coins and paper notes, which is issued by a government and circulated within an economy. Used as a medium of exchange for goods and services, currency is the basis for trade. Generally speaking, each country has its own currency.
- Use alternatives to these toxic materials -. Mothballs are made of white crystals of two very dangerous chemicals, para-dichlorobenzene (1,4-dichlorobenzene) and/or naphthalene. Both chemicals are solid at room temperature but produce very strong, toxic vapors. Mothballs are sold as flakes or pressed into cakes.
A Colorado State University Extension report in 2006 claimed home remedies such as moth balls and commercial snake repellents containing naphthalene failed to repel many species of snakes. Garter snakes, western rattlesnakes, brown tree snakes and gopher snakes were among those not bothered by the moth balls.