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Old 12-13-2003, 10:29 PM   #10 (permalink)
Emilia
 
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Default Re: Old European coins advice.

(Steltzjr) wrote in
news::

    > << 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
    > 15ยข for the 100 francs.
    >
    > I had completely fogotten about the devaluations that had taken places
    > so many years ago.
    >

Oh... that is too bad. Would have been better to keep them... They always
make nice book marks.