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do airports change foreign coins

  • 09-05-2010 3:17pm
    #1
    StormWarrior
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    I know banks won't, but do currency exchange places in airports change foreign coins back into your own currency? I have a bagful, over half a kilo, of coins from various different countries, there's over £10 worth there.


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  • #2
    ibarelycare
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    StormWarrior wrote: »
    I know banks won't, but do currency exchange places in airports change foreign coins back into your own currency? I have a bagful, over half a kilo, of coins from various different countries, there's over £10 worth there.


    OP if you're that hard up for a tenner, I'll lend you it.


  • #3
    bazmaiden
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    OP if you're that hard up for a tenner, I'll lend you it.

    No recession round here:D


  • #4
    MagicMarker
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    As far as I know they only change notes.


  • #5
    StormWarrior
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    OP if you're that hard up for a tenner, I'll lend you it.

    I'm a Capricorn and a child of the 80's, I can't bear to waste money.


  • #6
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    No they don't OP. They only change notes. Most banks only deal with notes too.


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  • #7
    The Big Red Button
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    A lot of airports have a place where you can donate money (coins and notes) in any currency and it'll go to charity


  • #8
    SugarHigh
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    chatterpillar wrote: »
    A lot of airports have a place where you can donate money (coins and notes) in any currency and it'll go to charity
    There's always one.:rolleyes:


  • #9
    plein de force
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    no they don't


  • #10
    goose2005
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    You actually expect them to dig through half a kilo of coins, and say, "Oh a Dutch guilder, here's 3 cents... oh, a 1932 Deutschmark, there's 5 cents ... a Haitian dollar, 1.3 cents..." for hours on end?? A coin collector's shop might look at them. Bureaux de change will sometimes take high-value coins e.g. British £1.


  • #11
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    StormWarrior wrote: »
    do airports change foreign coins
    MagicMarker wrote: »
    As far as I know they only change notes.
    Hadassah Dazzling Stakeout wrote: »
    No they don't OP. They only change notes.
    chatterpillar wrote: »
    ...a place where you can donate money (coins and notes) in any currency...

    pffftt...:rolleyes:

    An airport is where planes take-off and land....


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  • #12
    MagicMarker
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    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    pffftt...:rolleyes:

    An airport is where planes take-off and land....
    I think you're confusing airports with runways.


  • #13
    efb
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    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    pffftt...:rolleyes:

    An airport is where planes take-off and land....

    you'd think....


  • #14
    Poor Uncle Tom
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    I think you're confusing airports with runways.

    eehhhh...., nope,

    Skinny-Runway-Model-01.jpg


  • #15
    StormWarrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭StormWarrior


    goose2005 wrote: »
    You actually expect them to dig through half a kilo of coins, and say, "Oh a Dutch guilder, here's 3 cents... oh, a 1932 Deutschmark, there's 5 cents ... a Haitian dollar, 1.3 cents..." for hours on end??

    Well, there are internet companies that actually do that so I don't see why not. It's just not worth my while to send it to an internet company since I don't have enough coins to qualify for free postage. Anyway, I have separated them all out myself and I actually have more than I thought. I have about £8 in Swedish money, about £5 in Danish, £5 in Norwegian, about £10 in Euros, and some small amounts of Indian and US dollars, even some French francs but I guess they don't take out of date ones any more?


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