By force of law, citizens were made to exchange their old currency for newly issued currency.

Any leftover krónur may be exchanged for foreign currency before departure.

It remained tender to be exchanged for currency of the euro until 1 January 2007.

The Hawaii money was accepted only in the islands and had to be exchanged for regular currency if carried out of the territory.

Here in Zimbabwe's capital, some banks even decline to exchange them for local currency.

They would then exchange the money for foreign currency, usually German mark and wait for the cheque to arrive.

The ingots would then be exchanged for hard currency on the Indian black market.

Is it possible for me to exchange it for West German currency?

My bank will not exchange it for undamaged currency.

Flying cash was regularly used by Chinese tea merchants, and could be exchanged for hard currency at provincial capitals.