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Re: Foreign currency
We do accept cheques in euros, but the banks charge a fee for handling.
Medwyn Parry
Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Wick, Charles Harrison" <cwick@INDIANA.EDU>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: Foreign currency
> Do you blame them? The British Pound is still worth more than the US
> dollar. Still almost everything in London is priced in both Pounds
Sterling
> and Euro, to make it easier for travelers.
>
> C. Harrison S. Wick, M.L.S., M.A.
> Archivist, Head of Public & Technical Services
> Black Film Center & Archives
> Indiana University
> Bloomington, Indiana
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Butcher Sharon L Contr AEDC/ACS
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:51 AM
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>
>
> Britain has opted out of the euro scheme.
>
> Sharon Lee Butcher
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Truman, Anna (TRUMANAK) [mailto:TRUMANAK@UCMAIL.UC.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:47 AM
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>
> And, I don't recall this exactly as to where it's going, but as of today,
> the Euro and US Dollar are even, so no exchange rate per se to worry
about -
> just the check cashing fee - unless they've told you they won't take a US
> check - in which case I'd see if you could do electronic transfer - which
> avoid the bank issue and which would probably do the exchange rate for
you.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Lautzenheiser [mailto:LAUTZEF@CCF.ORG]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:24 AM
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> Subject: Foreign currency
>
>
> Don't go to a regular bank unless you have just won the lottery.
> Surprisingly enough, I have been successful in just sending a personal
> check, but adding at least $5 (actually I think maybe more than that) to
> cover their costs in cashing it. This was for journal subscriptions in
> France, and the recipient of the check was a semi-governmental
> academically-oriented agency. It is certainly necessary for them to
recoup
> their costs for cashing it, but even if you add the better part of $10 it
is
> still a lot cheaper than purchasing a foreign bank draft at a bank, which
> costs an astronomical amount and would only make sense if you were buying
a
> house or a very important piece of art. Hopefully someone else will have
a
> more exact approach than this, but I got so tired of paying out big bucks
> for a tiny check that I just tried it once and it worked. (Of course, you
> have to get the latest exchange rate and figure out the basic cost first.)
>
> Fred Lautzenheiser
> Cleveland Clinic Archives
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