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Beggar's Stash: Millions of Iraqi Dinars Found in Dead Pauper's Home (PHOTOS)

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An elderly beggar-woman died last weekend in the old part of the Iraqi city of Najaf, some 160 kilometers south of Baghdad. After local police conducted a search of the house she rented, they found a large sum of money hidden there – about 65 thousand dollars in total.

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Najaf police calculated that the "beggar's treasure" consisted of 72,322 million Iraqi dinars (about 64 thousand dollars), 562 dollars, 90 Saudi riyals, 119 Lebanese lira, 10 euros, 300 Kuwaiti dinars, 440 Iranian mists, 70 Afghan rupees and 320 Pakistani rupees, along with other unidentified currencies and gold jewelry.

Money bills and jewelry were stored in polyethylene bags, according to police report. 

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Begging is now a fairly common phenomenon in Iraq, mainly among women and children. Most often, beggars can be seen in the southern and central provinces, as well as in the capital of Iraq. They beg along busy streets and at religious shrines, which are visited by pilgrims from all over the world.

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