"tim\(yet another new home\)" wrote:
>> And these national banks did have a period to exchange the national
>> cash. 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.
>>
>
>Maybe, but I'm not quite sure why you are writing this in the
>past tense.
Because in most countries the period was around five years. Only 2 or
3 countries have a longer period.
>There is, as yet, no central bank that will not accept bank
>notes for exchange (save the complicated rules in NL)
AFAIK the portugese central bank did change the notes for one year
only.
Greetings from Cologne
Andreas
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