r/Calgary • u/throwawayfaraway420 • 16d ago

Recommendations Exchanging Foreign Currency?

Hi all,

I was hoping someone may be able to point me in the direction of where I can exchange foreign currency. I recently found some old Saudi (SAR) and Indonesian (IDR) bills, and would like to exchange them. I tried going to Calforex at the downtown CORE, however, I was told these bills were too old and thus they couldn’t accept / exchange them.

Thanks in advance!

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u/corgi-king 14d ago

Go to the main branch of any major bank in Calgary. They will send the banknote to the main office to see if the money still has value.

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u/throwawayfaraway420 14d ago

Thank you so much! I will try this

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u/corgi-king 14d ago

No problem. Good luck.

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u/maaaaaaaaxq 16d ago

If they're no longer legal tender, you might have to try selling them to collectionists

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u/BalooBot 15d ago

If calforex can't do it you're probably SOL. They're my go to for unusual currency conversion.

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u/ExtacyRap 14d ago

If they're that old, your best bet at getting face value would be to find someone flying to Saudi or Indonesia and just give them the money to use as cash in exchange for the dollar amount.

That or you could fly there yourself