How should I count cash at a currency exchange, and why bring small change?
From messages by 4 participants in 1 source · Last activity: 19 days ago
On October 18, a traveller recommended bringing small change: when exchanging USD 100 at a rate of 17,850, she was offered 1,800,000 in 50,000-denomination notes but needed to give 15,000 back. She had no small change, so the exchange did not go ahead.
19 days ago USD 100; rate 17,850; change of 15,000
On October 18, travellers advised keeping hold of the cash after counting it and recounting it if the exchange clerk touched it again. One traveller reported seeing notes being discreetly removed during such contact.
19 days ago
On October 18, a participant recommended exchanging at a rate written as 1.78; that message did not specify the currency pair or how the rate was abbreviated.
19 days ago Rate of 1.78
On October 9, a traveller reported that the exchange offices he had used accepted USD 5 and EUR 5–10 notes at the same rates as USD 100 or EUR 100 notes.
28 days ago USD 5; EUR 5–10