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Written by Riviera Reporter
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Old money
FYI: People sometimes get excited when they come across old banknotes.
Well, as from December 31st last French billets de banque which ceased
to be legal tender on January 1st, 1994 can no longer be exchanged at
the Banque de France. You can always try a numismatist's shop. Some are
valuable but there are still millions of francs of old money out there.
If you want to keep it, you could paper the loo with Corneille and
Voltaire or post it off to one of those Nigerian scam-artists who might
get seriously confused. More recent franc notes, though, such as we
were using until the euro came in, can be exchanged until 2012.
From Reporter 102 - April/May 2004
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