Several traders and commercial drivers have complained over what they called gradual fading of the bututs in the market, describing it as awful for all commercial drivers, passengers and petty traders.
In 1971, coins in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 bututs and 1 dalasi were introduced. The 1 and 5 bututs were minted in bronze while the 10 bututs were brass and the 25, 50 bututs and 1 dalasi were cupro-nickel.
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