I am traveling to Japan and I want to know if these old 100 USD bills are accepted there for currency exchange.
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2Where are you now? You can exchange these at any bank in the USA. – Robert Columbia Aug 14 '18 at 23:15
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2I am in UAE right now and I am going to japan next week – john Aug 14 '18 at 23:51
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1I will defer to others, but I have not yet heard of a problem with any of the large-portrait bills, even these that lack new anti-counterfeiting measures. The old small-portrait bills are very hard to use outside the USA, and even there, exchanging at a bank is probably the only thing to do. – Andrew Lazarus Aug 15 '18 at 00:32
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1Possible duplicate of Converting Older United States Dollar Bills – Giorgio Aug 17 '18 at 14:09
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1@Giorgio This is not a duplicate. The asker wants to know if those dollar bills will be accepted as a specific destination, not how someone can convert old dollar bills. – Thorsten S. Aug 17 '18 at 17:32
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Here is a list of currency exchange service facilities at the Tokyo Narita airport: https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/service/svc_11 maybe contact them and they'll have your answer? – AussieJoe Aug 24 '18 at 22:14
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All US dollars issued since 1914 is legal tender. Plus these don't look old to me in any way... – xuq01 Jan 30 '24 at 18:36
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The Series 2006A $100 US note is still is circulation and should be accepted by any service or institution that offers foreign money exchange.
Each Japanese international airport has foreign currency exchange services, as do many large hotels. Major banks exchange foreign currency and many have branches in airports and train stations, with the following as just a few of the many available:
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is there a way of telling by looking at a note what series they are? Furthermore is there a government website where it states which series are still legal tender and time frame they will be still legal tender? – 3kstc Sep 18 '19 at 03:13
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@3kstc I didn't look in detail, but https://www.uscurrency.gov/acceptance-and-use-older-design-federal-reserve-notes might be a starting point. – JakeDot Jan 27 '24 at 22:22
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1@3kstc There’s no need for a website — all US treasury notes ever issued are still legal tender. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that a foreign bureau de change will accept them. – Mike Scott Jan 28 '24 at 07:55
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1@3kstc: the series is printed between the portrait and one of the signature blocks at the bottom of the face, thus to left or right of the bottom of the portrait. The ones shown here are to the left and say 'SERIES 2006 A' and 'SERIES 2003'. Except for $1 and $2 the series is also indicated by the first letter in the serial (before the letter indicating the FRB region), see https://www.bep.gov/currency/serial-numbers – dave_thompson_085 Jan 30 '24 at 04:31