text: US dollar no longer accepted at Taj Mahal and other Indian historical sites
  
  January 4, 2008 
  
  Due to the declining value of the United States dollar, tourism officials in India have decided to no longer accept the American currency at the site of the Taj Mahal and 120 other Indian historical sites. 
  The monument has refused to take dollars since November, as such, any American tourist wishing to visit the white domed marble mausoleum of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal will pay over 500 Indian rupees (US$ 12.80 at the current exchange rate) to be allowed in and additionally receive a free bottle of water. 
  The decision came as a result as part of the continuing decline of the American dollar, falling 11 percent in 2007 and now valued around 39 rupees.
tokens: US dollar no longer accepted at Taj Mahal and other Indian historical sites January 4 , 2008 Due to the declining value of the United States dollar , tourism officials in India have decided to no longer accept the American currency at the site of the Taj Mahal and 120 other Indian historical sites . The monument has refused to take dollars since November , as such , any American tourist wishing to visit the white domed marble mausoleum of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal will pay over 500 Indian rupees ( US$ 12.80 at the current exchange rate ) to be allowed in and additionally receive a free bottle of water . The decision came as a result as part of the continuing decline of the American dollar , falling 11 percent in 2007 and now valued around 39 rupees .
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