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12-13-2003, 09:48 PM

<< I have dumped some old money in an old briefcase in my attic including
notes and coins from trips going back maybe 30years and then
forgot about them. >>

I too found some old French notes - two 50 franc notes from about 1960.

Only the Banque de France would handle the exchange. And the final date for
exchanging them was Jan, 2004. So when we were in Nice my wife and I hiked to
the bank, stood in line, only to receiv a total of 15¢ for the 100 francs.

I had completely fogotten about the devaluations that had taken places so many
years ago.

12-13-2003, 09:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
Steltzjr Posts:	Re: Old European coins advice. << I have dumped some old money in an old briefcase in my attic including notes and coins from trips going back maybe 30years and then forgot about them. >> I too found some old French notes - two 50 franc notes from about 1960. Only the Banque de France would handle the exchange. And the final date for exchanging them was Jan, 2004. So when we were in Nice my wife and I hiked to the bank, stood in line, only to receiv a total of 15¢ for the 100 francs. I had completely fogotten about the devaluations that had taken places so many years ago.