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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1088406, member: 17919&quot;]How can you say that nobody gets cheated? Obviously, there are many people in the Eurozone who still have the old coins but can no longer redeem them. I have found hundreds of French francs, Dutch gulders, Italian lira, Portuguese escudos, Belgian francs in bags of foreign coins that have been brought back recently to Japan by Japanese travelers. Obviously, someone was stuck with these now worthless coins after the redemption period expired. I have 2000 French francs that would have been worth close to $400 before the redemption period ended, and now they are little more than scrap. Obviously, someone was stuck with these worthless coins before I got them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same goes for the demonetized UK coins-- Japanese travelers are still bringing them back to Japan, even though they were demonetized more than 13 years ago. Obviously, people in the UK were stuck with these coins, and either they are foisting them on unsuspecting tourists, or just giving them away because for all practical purposes they are not redeemable. Either way, they were cheated by their government.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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