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Daily Archive November 22nd, 2012

How to get rid of your coins when leaving a foreign country

Filed in Ideas
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A friend recently asked us what to do with his large and unintentional collection of foreign coins left over from many international trips. He was surprised to learn that currency exchanges won’t take them. Since hanging onto coins between foreign trips is annoying (*), we recommend the following two practices for putting small change to purposeful use.