"Miller, Jeffrey" wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 09:23 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: The Days of the All-Green $20 Bill Are Numbered
> >
> >
> > > From: Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> > > I'm not sure why they persist with paper. We use polymer
> > notes, which
> > > last many times longer and are pretty much impossible to
> > counterfeit.
> > > They have holographic logos, clear panels and various other
> > features
> > > that can be readily seen during a transaction and which can't be
> > > duplicated, and our mint now exports these notes to a
> > number of other
> > > countries ( in their own denominations, of course)
> > > ATMs etc all seem to handle them better than paper notes
> > too. (and we
> > > have always had brightly coloured notes since the dollar
> > replaced the
> > > pound in 1966).
>
> I so want some of these now.
>
> Last time I bought "foreign" currency was in London, when I got off
> the plane (got just enough to get me to Bath, where I did all my real
> transactions at the AMEX office.) In the US, we just don't deal with
> non-American currency that often (except for Canadian coins, which I
> found to my surprise no one outside of New England recognizes as real
> money.)
>
> So.. anyone know where I could do this? :)
Maybe your local American Express office? When Dan was going to
Germany, he went to an AmEx office in Austin to buy some German
currency, because he'd been advised by someone who did a fair bit of
international travel that that was the best deal on the foreign
currency.
Julia
who likes coins from other countries, and has a few
