On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:48:15 +0100, Andreas H. Zappel
wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>
>>>There was a period of several month (up to one year AFAIR) after the
>>>chenge to the EUR when every Central Bank of the EUR countries did
>>>accept the notes and coins of the other EUR countries.
>>>
>>>And if I remember correct it is only the Deutsche Bundesbank which is
>>>still acepting the "old" german currency, all the other EUR countries
>>>did stop the change already.
>>
>>
>>Details at the official site
>>
>>http://www.ecb.int/bc/exchange/html/index.en.html
>>
>>"Many households in the euro area still have national cash, such as
>>Deutsche Mark or French franc.
>>Banknotes and coins which were legal tender until 31 December 2001 can
>>in most cases still be exchanged for euro.
>
>And these national banks did have a period to exchange the national
>cash.=20
I think you mean the normal banks, not the "national" banks e.g De
Nederlandsche Bank, Bundesbank etc.
>And this period was from a few month (6 month if I remember
>right) up to never ending (for the german national bank). In some
>countries they accepted coins for a shorter period and notes for a
>longer one.
Most of the national banks still accept their own old currency as the web=
site
shows.
--=20
Martin
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