Originally Posted by
teddybear99
I was in the PI this past June. I found a bunch of money that I had left over from my last trip in December 2018. All the bills were considered too old and were worth nothing. I didn't see anything that the country was changing the notes, and you had to bring the old ones into a bank to get the newer ones. All in all, at the time it was about US$100. In the US, unless the bill is severely defaced, the bank will accept it as a note that goes out of circulation, and turn it in when they get their money exchanged.
I am assuming it likely had to do with counterfeit issues with previous editions - though, I have heard even some of the current edition notes have been victim to that, too.
Originally Posted by
trooper
A rather silly mixture...lol
Vanuatu - talk about some currencies less commonly found! Love it!
Earlier this year, I managed to get a full set of CNY / RMB from Mainland China. Folks generally look at you a bit odd when using cash (which I only did to try to get change) as Alipay and Weixin Pay are so ubiquitous (and accessible to foreigners). As a result, I was happy with my finds.
