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So while in Grenada, we were astounded to find that no establishment would take any US dollar that was ripped torn wrinkled or just looked relatively used.

I mean we got some confectionery from a young kid in the boonies and he rattled of a bunch of rules regarding the the condition of the paper he would accept!

We could not believe it!

Any other Islands do this?

In reply to Ayenmol

why didn't you change to the local currency?

In reply to camos

I dunno. We just accustomed to using it and happy it's accepted.....in any case the Banks would not have accepted them anyway. That's the crux of the matter as am told.

In reply to Ayenmol

in any case the Banks would not have accepted them anyway

They're used to misfits trying to palm off counterfeit devil money.

In reply to Ayenmol

Try BRICKS next time.

In reply to Ayenmol

In reply to Ayenmol

Same in Ghana too. But more... Nobody, not even the banks, would take older style US notes!

--Æ.

In reply to camos

You don't pay more....you just don't fully benefit from the exchange advantage.

In Dominica, though, at least few years back many stores gave 2.67, 2.68....one girl in Gnd tried to give me 2.60.

We did not spend big. Alot of stuff was provided by family.

Spent most of my time in searchmof coconut cheese and chip chip, as the grenadians call it.

Glad someone raised this. Did a trip to Suriname in July and got refusal on a US$50 bill that was torn and pasted at an official cambio. Refusal to take US$1 bill at some merchants.

As one poster said BRICS making an impact? US$ acceptance on the wane?

In reply to cumberland

US dollar acceptance has never been more widespread. At least in the caribbean.

When I was a kid and my mom sent me my little 20 or the occasional 50 US, it was initially pretty dicey to find somewhere to change it.....You needed an account to change at the bank, as far as I recall....and stores did not accept it.

At least, not the majority. Until I found a little store where the owner would give me 2.67. That became my place of exchange from then on.

Now they all take it.....but this experience of only accepting crisp bills was a first. Even for my wife who had been to Grenada just before the pandemic!

One person said it was to fight counterfeit....counterfeit bills are usually crisp, no?