Canadian Currency Changes?

No charge for using or exchanging old currency.

I know it can happen - I got off the ferry to France in 1972 and used 50 franc bill to buy a drink, got more than 50 francs change in coins. When I tried to use those coins I was informed that France had switched from old francs to new ones, each worth ten times as much as an old one.

No idea Gary.

... Eric

PackerBacker wrote:

thomas201 wrote:
Thanks for the help. I asked the question because it was hard to use the US small head $100 bills, in Africa, after the big head became common.

Just a comment from a personal experience. I was in line at our local IGA store and the gentleman ahead of me had a VERY old $100 bill from the old paper money days. The newer bills are polymer. The store had no way to verify it and would not accept it; the gentleman related the same problem at other stores too. My guess is his only option short of finding a store that would take it, would be to exchange it a a bank.

And will the bank charge the customer for that service?


Gary Haupt

thomas201 wrote:
Thanks for the help. I asked the question because it was hard to use the US small head $100 bills, in Africa, after the big head became common.

Just a comment from a personal experience. I was in line at our local IGA store and the gentleman ahead of me had a VERY old $100 bill from the old paper money days. The newer bills are polymer. The store had no way to verify it and would not accept it; the gentleman related the same problem at other stores too. My guess is his only option short of finding a store that would take it, would be to exchange it a a bank.

Thanks for the help. I asked the question because it was hard to use the US small head $100 bills, in Africa, after the big head became common.

Don't get lost in the talk about the exchange...the older CDN bill is as good today as the day you got it.


Gary Haupt

$.80 Cents to the US Dollar this morning.

Still legal but worth a bit less in US dollars than six years ago!! :B

The older bills are still legal.