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milford7355
Joined 2021
Posts: 39

Exchanging USD with marks on it

2 years ago

I just arrived in the Philippines and went to exchange some $100 USD bills for pesos. The money changer handed me back a couple of the bills and said they could not exchange them because they had some marks on them? I took all the bills back and said I did not want to change any of them then.

Is this standard?

I brought a bit of cash with me and did not check to make sure that I brought perfect bills. Five or six of the bills have been written on by someone, or stamped with some kind of markings.

Is this cash useless over here in the Philippines?

I have never seen this problem posted on here before. Something people coming with cash with them to make sure they get clean bills before they come I guess.

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