3 ms·
I’m fine with electronic money but bank notes do get replaced periodically. Last time I went back to England I tried to pay with cash in the pub and was refused
by laurencerowe 3y ago
I’m fine with electronic money but bank notes do get replaced periodically. Last time I went back to England I tried to pay with cash in the pub and was refused since the notes had been changed. Covid meant it was the first time I’d been back for several years. I paid on card like everyone else (not usual in the US.) Went to the post office the next day to exchange them, no ID required.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoIve got a bunch of Swiss currency that can only be exchanged at the Swiss national bank. Annoying. My Indian money is also obviously worthless now, I wonder if my euros are still useful? Cash is a pain, I wish I didn’t keep any foreign currency now since a lot of it is worthless or needs to be converted in special locations.
- laurencerowe 3y agoIn small amounts I enjoy how pretty it is. As a kid I found it fascinating how different it all looked. Growing up we only had a few. French Francs, German Marks, Belgian Francs, Danish Krone.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoYes. But I collected too much, this was when I was living in China and had a fear of not having enough hard convertible cash. I didn’t realize, as an American, that cash can expire.
- hungryforcodes 3y agoSo you're saying Indian money is useless in India?
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoYes, because they had a thing a few years where they made it useless, and everyone had to exchange for new notes (and even that was limited). It was well reported in the news at the time.
- hungryforcodes 3y agoAh, I see. But the new notes in India are fine then. It doesn't help you, I understand-- my condolences.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoIt is just annoying. They aren’t worth as much as money I had from the west. I have lots of Thai and Indonesian currency as well, but I’m sure it’s inflated to nothing by now.