Slovakian/Czech Currency
 

Quick question,
I will be in these two countries in a few weeks and am wondering about the differences between the two currencies. Some currency exchanges note a different currency for each country and some don't. Are the two currencies interchangeable or how easily will I be able to use Czech Koruna in Slovakia? I would think that two countries would have two different currencies, but any information I have researched has been unclear.

Help!

>different currency for each country
Correct, two different currencies.
> interchangeable
Change offices for example at bigger train stations
>use Czech Koruna in Slovakia?
Euros or Dollars work better. Maybe get Slowak crowns from local ATM.
Although changing cash usually isn't very expensive either in CZ or in Slovakia. Hardly a markup, I paid about 1€ in fees to change 40€ into crowns, at the ATM you may pay more. However, this doesn't apply when you change money in "western" Europe, where cash is always a bad idea! :-)

Our experience was that, 95% of the time, SR koruna was not accepted by shops or ticket places in CR, and vice versa. Maybe more %, since I can't recall a single instance of acceptance in 3 trips

I forgot to point out that this wasn't a tremendous handicap, as we spent the leftover "unuseable" money at shops near the border to dispose of our leftover CR coruna, SR koruna, HU forints, and PO zlotys. We bought little bottles of SR brandy, HU candy bars, CR ice cream bars (delicious), Polish boxed candy, for example.

Best thing is to do like tomboy said! If you have changed to much, you can always get € or even $ in cash for your leftover Crowns at any exchange booth. You'll loose about an extra 2-3%, quite o.k. when your only alternative is selling them on Ebay :-)

Tourist sites will often gladly take foreign currency but at a low exchange rates. A friend bought what he thought was Bulgarian. The rate was great! At a shop he tried to pay for a purchase...suprize the street bandit had sold him Yugo money of little value. Poles buy Slovak crowns and then travel there to buy liquor. They do the same if close to the Czech Republic. Search, currency exchange.