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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NOS, post: 3505208, member: 2098&quot;]It&#039;s quite true. Merchants, currency exchanges, and banks abroad typically only accept the most current design. In 2014, I went to Japan on a study abroad program. One of the fellow participants of the program brought along a $100 note from 1974 and tried to exchange it but was refused. Lucky for him I traded the $100 bill with a 2009-dated note that I had with me. I ended up using it to buy stamps at a post office when I returned from the trip.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a side note, there are thousands of US notes being held abroad (typically small face pre-1996 notes) that essentially sit idle in private hands because currency exchanges and banks won&#039;t take them because they are of an older design. Only when a friend, family member or owner of the notes makes a trip to the U.S. are such notes able to be used or exchanged.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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