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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 7:07 pm
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Originally Posted by yourplaceormine
Urgh thats terrible. I am currently holding onto just 1 note at the moment, but I would very much want it to be broken into smaller denominations. What would be my best bet in order to do so without any transaction involved? Meaning to say that I can simply just change it to 5 100 euro bills.
When you break it I'd suggest 50s and 20s and maybe one 100 for the hotel.

Even 100s (and the rarely used 200 IME, YMMV) are sometimes hard to use in daily transactions.

Try a few banks, and play the "goofy tourist" card...not saying you are a goofy tourist but if you pretend to be one often times I've seen people be more helpful in business situations. Good luck.
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