can lira still be converted to euros?
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can lira still be converted to euros?
i am going to italy this month and i still have some old itlaian lira. can it still be converted to euros? if so, do you know the procedure, i.e. do you have to take it to a certain bank, etc.
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Some shops in Europe still accept the old national currencies, as they would like to generate some extra business (they bring it for you to the national bank). But the chance is very small to find such a shop.
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<<I found about 30,000 lire that I'd stashed away>>
<<Is it safe to walk around Philadelphia airport with that much cash?>>
<<I think it came to around $16 or $17, I barely made it out of there alive.>>
What a priceless, cute exchange!
AndI agree with this...
<<I have to admit I kinda miss lira. It felt so lavish my first time there, peeling off all the bills to pay 365,000 lira>>
I have great nostalgia for (hopefully) the only restaurant tab I ever encountered in "seven figures" - - about 1,400,000 lire (for fourteen people - - about $50 a person) in 1998, at Antico Martini.
<<Is it safe to walk around Philadelphia airport with that much cash?>>
<<I think it came to around $16 or $17, I barely made it out of there alive.>>
What a priceless, cute exchange!
AndI agree with this...
<<I have to admit I kinda miss lira. It felt so lavish my first time there, peeling off all the bills to pay 365,000 lira>>
I have great nostalgia for (hopefully) the only restaurant tab I ever encountered in "seven figures" - - about 1,400,000 lire (for fourteen people - - about $50 a person) in 1998, at Antico Martini.