There was an article in yesterday's London Evening Standard which said, "Anyone with a stash of old European currencies like French francs, Spanish pesatas and Italian lira lying around in the back of a drawer should dig it out. "Not because the euro is teetering ... "You'll have to be quick though: {they} are due to lose all value after February, when they will no longer be redeemable, even at their countries' central banks. "Just take the cash to a specialist foreign currency dealer; the condition of the banknotes is not important." FYI
Posted by
Columbia, SC
389 posts
Reminds me of the scene in the film "Goodbye Lenin," set in East Berlin, in which the young guy finds his mother's huge store of East German Marks right after they become worthless.
Posted by
Genesee, ID
1840 posts
And, the "old money" twenty we got in the Istanbul airport in September out of an ATM machine! A travel agent spotted it when we tried to use it as part payment on a ticket. No bank, not even the national bank, would redeem it. There's a nefarious there.