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NormanChomsky
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where to change torn/tatty 100 dollar bills?

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hi all. can anyone recommend where in Phnom penh to exchange old/torn/tatty 100 dollar bills? ABA did not accept them.
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Maybe find an American on their way home soon and offer them a good deal for their left over Riel.
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NormanChomsky wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:23 pm hi all. can anyone recommend where in Phnom penh to exchange old/torn/tatty 100 dollar bills? ABA did not accept them.
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I had a similar problem last year with a 500 euro note: clean it with some hot water and soap, then fold it exactly on the cut. Put at the four sides some contact-glue, and then you should heat it a little to make the glue strong, they say iron it. As i didnt have an ironer, i put a hot coffee on it for some minutes. The bill is as good as new, go to the money exchanger on 136 just before PhsarThmey and you are a winner !! You can check the process on youtube also, thats how i learned it !!
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Money changers around Central market (Eastern side) will exchange them at a discounted rate.
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Kammekor wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:09 pm Money changers around Central market (Eastern side) will exchange them at a discounted rate.
Just out of curiosity, do you (or anyone else) know what the money changers do with them? What I mean is, what can the moneychangers do that Joe Public can't?
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xandreu wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:00 pm
Kammekor wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:09 pm Money changers around Central market (Eastern side) will exchange them at a discounted rate.
Just out of curiosity, do you (or anyone else) know what the money changers do with them? What I mean is, what can the moneychangers do that Joe Public can't?
I guess they will send them back to the USA by Cambodian Americans or something to exchange the notes for new ones.
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xandreu wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:00 pm
Kammekor wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:09 pm Money changers around Central market (Eastern side) will exchange them at a discounted rate.
Just out of curiosity, do you (or anyone else) know what the money changers do with them? What I mean is, what can the moneychangers do that Joe Public can't?
They're either Khmer or Chinese. Completely different set of rules for those folks.
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Damaged notes do not have to be taken to the USA. Most OECD countries’ banks will change any USD note so long as it has its number in full in both places.
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Naga put it in the electric roulette machine cash out $100 ticket take it to cashier.... bobs your uncle
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