They are valid currency.
Straying a bit but Great Britain is moving forward to BAN the 500 Euro note due to it's ease of smuggling large amounts
of cash in small spaces, apparently it's the preferred bank note of the bad guys and commonly know as the Bin Laden...
The good guys know its moving across borders but they can't find it.
They are valid currency.
Leave it to Dominicans to claim knowledge of illegality of foreign denominations..
As said in a similar thread, while they are valid and legal currency, I understand why businesses might hesitate accepting them, in particular if you are not using them to purchase something, only to change them / buying another currency.
I used to deal a lot with cash at work many years ago in Europe (where EUR of course is not a foreign currency), and the business I worked at, was relatively large (a few hundred locations), and we did not accept anything larger than 100 EUR bills either, unless used for paying for goods (meaning that if you purchased an item worth 299 EUR, yes, we took the 500 EUR note, just inspected it very carefully, but if it was clear that you were there to exchange it for change, then we refused the note).
This is a common policy with any amounts over 50 euros these days.
In this case, with all due respect, you have left me a bit confused as to why was it strange that the large bills are not widely accepted in the DR, if there is a strict policy in place in EU (where the bills come from, obviously) as well?
when u think about ..their are 1000 swiss feanc notes also ...so i guess the bad guy uses those to ....how stupid r u people. 1000 Swiss note r very widely used and accepted Worldwide . just like the Euro 500 notes...poor dumb peasants u lot
when u think about ..their are 1000 swiss feanc notes also ...so i guess the bad guy uses those to ....how stupid r u people. 1000 Swiss note r very widely used and accepted Worldwide . just like the Euro 500 notes...poor dumb peasants u lot
How many and where are you? I need to buy euros to bring them to Europe and wouldn't mind carrying 200 or 500 bills.