"Rian van der Borgt" wrote in message
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I notice that in Amsterdam, GVB does not accept 50-euro notes.

Not even when you buy ticket(s) for that amount or more?


I'm not sure, though I saw on trams an image of a 50-euro note that had been
crossed out.

My guess is that they are not expexting you to stump up that much cash for
tickets in one go -- at least not on trams.

"Dik T. Winter" wrote in message
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In article Roland Perry
writes:
In message , at 10:55:40 on Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Dik T.
Winter remarked:
On another note, though, I would like to see the abolition of the
1p
and 2p coins as the Dutch have done with the 1 and 2 euro-cent
coins.
There is hardly a need for them these days.

Are they allowed to do that when they are valid elsewhere in the EU?

The 1 and 2 cent coins are accepted but that is just about all.
Moreover,
when paying in cash the total amount to pay is rounded to the nearest
multiple of 5 cent (which is allowed *), so you will never receive 1
and
2 cent coins.

Half an hour ago a Dutch bureau de change gave me a 97 cents, rather
than the 96 cents they calculated they owed me. The change included one
each of 2c and 5c.

Individual shops may do it differently, but what I wrote is the general
situation.

So it seems the Dutch have not abolished the 2c after all.

Neither have the Fins. But neither the Dutch nor the Fins do mint those
coins. And neither Finland nor in the Netherlands do they really
circulate. I have a 2 cent coin in my pocket that is there since I was
in Belgium, last October.
--

Because it is the European Central Bank that decides the policy on 1- and
2-cent coins, and not the individual member states.

"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:42:31 +0100, wrote:

"Hugh Brodie" wrote in message
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Speaking of hyper-inflation, it's fun looking at the website of the
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe http://www.rbz.co.zw to see the daily exchange
rate of the $Z vs the $US. Yesterday, it was 5,817,000,000; today it's
6,718,000,000. They have just issued $Z 50,000,000,000 notes ("bearer
cheques"). And it will cost you $Z 1,800,000,000 to mail a postcard to
the
US. http://www.zimpost.co.zw/postalrates.html


It's a shame that there are no images of currently circulating Zimbabwean
notes or coins.

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article4266.html
http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2008/04/...urrencies.html
http://www.neatorama.com/category/money-finance/page/2/
The latter also has a 100,000 USD note.
http://stores.ebay.com.sg/Roberts-Wo...QQftidZ2QQtZkm

Many thanks for that.

Wouldn't it be illegal to sell a 100,000-dollar note, however? They are not
intended for general circulation and I wonder if the relevant US authorities
would have something to say about that.

"Jim Brittin" [wake up to reply] wrote in
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In article ,
says...
"Hugh Brodie" wrote in message
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Speaking of hyper-inflation, it's fun looking at the website of the
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe http://www.rbz.co.zw to see the daily
exchange
rate of the $Z vs the $US. Yesterday, it was 5,817,000,000; today it's
6,718,000,000. They have just issued $Z 50,000,000,000 notes ("bearer
cheques"). And it will cost you $Z 1,800,000,000 to mail a postcard to
the
US. http://www.zimpost.co.zw/postalrates.html


It's a shame that there are no images of currently circulating Zimbabwean
notes or coins.





50 million note here

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multime.../Zimbabwe__05_
385x25_351858a.jpg

Anywhere to see the other side of these notes?

"Hugh Brodie" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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"Hugh Brodie" wrote in message
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Speaking of hyper-inflation, it's fun looking at the website of the
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe http://www.rbz.co.zw to see the daily exchange
rate of the $Z vs the $US. Yesterday, it was 5,817,000,000; today it's
6,718,000,000. They have just issued $Z 50,000,000,000 notes ("bearer
cheques"). And it will cost you $Z 1,800,000,000 to mail a postcard to
the US. http://www.zimpost.co.zw/postalrates.html


It's a shame that there are no images of currently circulating Zimbabwean
notes or coins.

A few notes here - buying a beer in Hara
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...%3Den%26sa%3DG


Interesting. Are people in Zimbabwe using a foreign currency, such as the
dollar or the rand, to purchase things or to hedge against a devaluing
currency? I would think that it would be difficult to actually carry around
such large volumes of currency.

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 18:11:59 on Fri, 20
Jun 2008, Peter Beale remarked:
The strange thing about France is that several years after going over to
the Euro, many bills and credit card slips still have the amount in francs
as well as euros. I am not sure why this is.

It was like that originally in the Netherlands too (not French francs
though, of course), but it soon went away. It seemed to be linked to
people who hadn't had their menus and price tags reprinted into Euros yet.
--

Each state had its own transition periods, in which both currencies could
operate side by side.

"Stephen Sprunk" wrote in message
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Most US retailers won't accept bills over $20, due to fears of
counterfeiting, which is why ATMs no longer give them out. I've never had
a problem getting a bank to accept $50 and $100 bills, though. They may
swipe them with a special pen, run them under a black light, or check
other security features, but they should take them.

Will English and Welsh retailers accept Scottish 100-pound notes?

wrote

Will English and Welsh retailers accept Scottish 100-pound notes?

Small retailers, except perhaps in Carlisle, Berwick, or Newcastle, wouldn't
see one in a month of Sundays - and many small English and Welsh retailers
won't accept any Scottish notes. After all, they are not legal tender, even
in Scotland. For that matter, Bank of England notes aren't legal tender in
Scotland (though legal tender has a narrow technical meaning).

Peter

On Jun 20, 11:30*pm, "Peter Masson" wrote:
wrote

Will English and Welsh retailers accept Scottish 100-pound notes?

Small retailers, except perhaps in Carlisle, Berwick, or Newcastle, wouldn't
see one in a month of Sundays - and many small English and Welsh retailers
won't accept any Scottish notes. After all, they are not legal tender, even
in Scotland. For that matter, Bank of England notes aren't legal tender in
Scotland (though legal tender has a narrow technical meaning).

I remember my economics teacher saying that about Scottish notes many
decades ago, but no one believed me when I repeated it. Given that
the claim wasn't clarified to me at the time I couldn't back it up
with an explanation. English people are convinced that Scottish notes
are legal tender.

I was in a pub near Kings Cross with someone with a Scottish accent
who lived in Leytonstone who was most miffed when they decided to dump
some Scottish notes in his change.

"Peter Masson" wrote in message
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wrote

Will English and Welsh retailers accept Scottish 100-pound notes?

Small retailers, except perhaps in Carlisle, Berwick, or Newcastle,
wouldn't
see one in a month of Sundays - and many small English and Welsh retailers
won't accept any Scottish notes. After all, they are not legal tender,
even
in Scotland. For that matter, Bank of England notes aren't legal tender in
Scotland (though legal tender has a narrow technical meaning).

If the notes are from Scotland and bear the word sterling then they are
legal tender and I believe that retailers have to accept them. I have not
had a problem receiving Scottish notes or paying with them, beyond the
occasional odd look.

As for Scottish notes in Newcastle, I think for comparison that it is not
uncommon to see Manx coins in Liverpool. Those are actually not legal
tender, however, as they are not from the United Kingdom. But my bank does
accept Manx and Channel Island banknotes for deposit.