Currency as it happens almost pinched by swine (7)
I believe the answer is:
bolivar
'currency' is the definition.
(currency of Venezuela)
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bolivar that I've seen before include "Revolutionary leader" , "Foreign brass" , "Basic unit of money in Venezuela" , "Simon --, South American liberator" , "Leader of several independence movements by Spain's South American colonies, d. 1830" .)