Hello! I have had this bank note turned away a couple times since I’ve been living here. I exchanged the currency at a bank back in the US a couple weeks ago, and I’m just wondering if anyone can please tell me what the problem is.

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  2. Sorry. can you share more details? What do they tell you when they don’t take it? And why don’t you go to a bank? cheers

  3. You should exchange it in a local bank. It got outdated recently, because of it most places reject the “thin-striped” banknotes.

  5. The bank note is valid but there were new ones printed and they have a different security strip on them. Most places only accept the new ones but you can get it replaced for a new one at the bank.

  6. It is an older banknote, notes of this value from 1995 to 1999 (yours is from 1997) have been invalidated as of June 30th 2022 and are being taken out of circulation. You probably exchanged it prior to that or someone passed this to you as change, even though they weren’t supposed to. Go to a bank, have it exchanged. It will work.

    More info here, but you might need a translator to understand as it is in Czech.
    https://www.cnb.cz/cs/cnb-news/aktuality/Neplatne-bankovky-s-uzkym-prouzkem-a-obchodnici/

  7. When you see the thin line on any bank note that is not 5000, it is no longer valid. You can go to bank and have it changed for a valid one.

  8. You will have to go to the Czech national bank and they will give you a new one. This banknote is from 1997 and those are no longer valid since last year (you can also tell by the security stripes, they’re narrower).

  12. Keep it. 100 CZK isn’t a lot of money and as this type is discontinued, it will gain price on the collectors market.

  13. Damn, unlucky, if you had used that half a year ago it would still be valid. People do not take banknotes with a slim shiny line in the middle anymore.

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