Old Currency

Bargain.hunter_4

Hi there,

Just having a clear out and I have found some old currency from my travels many years ago.

My question is, does this have any value and where can I exchange it for new currency?

Appreciate any help you guys can give.

Also any tips for the best place to exchange euros and dollars to GBP would be appreciated.

Thanks again

Baldur

Bargain.hunter wrote: »

.....Also any tips for the best place to exchange euros and dollars to GBP would be appreciated.

The Buyback section of the Travel Money Maximiser is a useful resource for this information.

mad_rich

It's difficult to tell from here...

If you give us a clue as to what the currency is, and how long you've had it, it might be a bit easier to help.

Bargain.hunter_4

I have a number of currencies, but mainly, french frans, italian lira and cyprus pounds.

Not much, but enough to be a shame to just throw away.

I do have coins, but not worried about those, its the notes that are my concern.

Thanks

[Deleted User]

Legacy currencies are only exchangable at the respective central banks. Most bureaux de change in airports around London accepts banknotes only, albeit at a bad rate.

Baldur

Bargain.hunter wrote: »

I have a number of currencies, but mainly, french frans, italian lira and cyprus pounds.

See respective central banks' time limits here - http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/cash/calendars/index_en.htm

France - notes until 17 February 2012***
Italy - notes until 29 February 2012
Cyprus - notes until 31 December 2017

<Edit> ***N.B., this date applies to the following notes, the last exchange dates of previously issued banknotes having already expired:

500F "Pierre & Marie Curie"
200F "Gustave Eiffel"
100F "Paul Cezanne"
50F "Saint-Exupery"
20F "Debussy"

[Deleted User]

I got almost 2.5 million in ITL in coins and notes(around 1250€). Must make a trip to Italy next year!

Let me add that legacy coins from the following countries are no longer redeemable:

Portugal
Greece
Belgium/Luxembourg
France
Holland
Cyprus
Malta

[Deleted User]

If you happen to go to France before FRF expire in 02/12, Banque de France (the French Central Bank) will give you 129.58€ for you 850FRF. That's the equivalent of just over £109. Larger cities (and some smaller ones) usually have a branc of the BdF. Fingers crossed they're not on strike though!!

Here's a list of branches:

http://www.banque-france.fr/gb/instit/histoire/branches.htm

[Deleted User]

travellingbum wrote: »

I got almost 2.5 million in ITL in coins and notes(around 1250€). Must make a trip to Italy next year!

I went to Naples in early October 2011 and exchanged the eqivalent of just under 1,500€ (ACCUMULATED ANOTHER 250€ IN THE SUMMER 0F 2011) in the branch of Italy's central bank there. Two months later on 7th December 2011, the Italian Government pulled a fast one by decreeing with immediate effect, not to exchange ITL's anymore. :eek: Lucky I got rid of them in time.:cool:
Banca d'Italia was supposed to exchange their old currency for euros until 29 February 2012. Neither Greece, Spain or Portugal had turned their backs on their old currencies prematurely, but stuck to the dates they'd pledged to redeem them until.

As far as banknotes are concerned, in Western Europe, now only Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg accepts their old currencies.

As far as coins are concerned, now only Germany, Austria, Spain and Ireland accepts them.

scottishperson2

I got some dutch currency changed a couple of years back through their central bank. Takes a bit of doing but its worth it.

[Deleted User]

scottishperson2 wrote: »

I got some dutch currency changed a couple of years back through their central bank. Takes a bit of doing but its worth it.

Did you go to Holland in person or did you mail it?
The few places here in the UK that still accepts European legacy currencies takes a 30%+ cut.
I've mailed currencies to France, Finland and Greece in February shortly before the deadline for redemption.
I was a bit apprehensive about the Greeks tbh, but all three countries sent me the equivalents in euros. The Finnish were not surprisingly the quickest, then the Greeks and then finally the French.