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by Pennysaved » Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:58 pm
I picked up a Austrian 20 Schilling note at a yard sale last weekend.
I know Austria is on the Euro but are the Austrian bank notes still convertible?
If so, do you have to be in Austria to be able to do it?
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by AGgressive Metal » Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:05 pm
Worth more to you as a numi item since while it is still convertible, I think it takes 12 shillings to make one Euro, and you need an EU bank account to convert by mail. Also, they replaced it with a 20 shilling coin at some point, so they are like Canadian $2 bills in that they are legal tender but not common in circulation.
EDIT: by still legal tender I mean its still convertible, not that its spendable. Obviously its replaced in circulation by the Euro.
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