Reminds me of Tarantino and feet

current series ended up nothing like proposed designs.

what's more #1 winner was quickly rejected as too controversial

I really like concept J (the third image from OP’s post), reminds me of the Northern Irish pound (I forgot which bank).

I think I prefer the older designs. These look nice, but are kind of cartoonish.

we have a poll at the IBNS and Concepts I and J were in the lead

I love the third one

I am so hungry I could eat a

https://preview.redd.it/plybyxgkhtif1.jpeg?width=229&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd5aba463e2f18b5725be614acc94370e58c29dc

Eat a what

A better design would be:

https://preview.redd.it/7w4xqbvogtif1.png?width=1069&format=png&auto=webp&s=0875c1329acb74a934becc2f459ca0e7891e9d02

All of those propositions look like if they were made using stock images from my elementary school projects.

I'd say stick with animals, fruits & vegetables should be left in the produce isle. Landscape in the background if needed.

B, H, K.

B is the best

Es fehlt eine Serie, bei der sie die Banknoten anderer Länder abbilden. :-)

Ne, aber Tiere, Pflanzen und Erfindungen der europäischen Geschichte fände ich ganz gut für die nächsten Euro-Banknoten.

Konzepte B, J und K sehen m. M. n. ganz schick aus, aber die anderen sind irgendwie überladen.

Ich finde die 10/12 am Schönsten.

Warum sehen die aus, wie Schokoladenverpackungen?

Bin aus unerfindlichen Gründen fast ein bisschen enttäuscht dass es keinen 10,000er gibt ;)

>1,000 Francs notes were issued already in 1907. Considering inflation it would have a value of about 12,000 CHF today. (Makes one wonder why the SNB didn't come up with a 10,000 CHF note.)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Switzerland/comments/nm1mr4/fun_facts_about_the_compactness_of_the_1000/

Uk debit cards are fine. I use Chase which doesn’t charge a fee overseas but the big four banks do tend to charge fees. If given the choice always pay in local currency as the Mastercard/visa conversion rate will always be better than the payment provider or ATM conversion. 

There is some good advice at https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-travel-money/

Make sure you have a card that doesn't incur a foreign transaction fee. Typically many debit cards issued by UK banks will charge a 2.75% fee for each transaction. Cash points will also charge a fee.

Might be worth getting a credit card that doesn't charge foreign transaction fees.

Debit cards are Visa or MasterCard these days. 

I travel a lot in Europe, I had a problem with the card and payment, in the hotel where I wanted to sleep they told me to open a sikirapay account and within an hour I had a virtual card at my disposal, so I only use it and I've only had a problem a couple of times in the whole time I've been using it.

My HSBC UK cards work everywhere, including SBB ticket machines at stations / local transport machines. Just be mindful some shop terminals will probably require to insert your card, instead of tap - presenting you the option to select language and if you want the transaction to complete in GBP or CHF.

Personally I pull a little spend cash from an ATM to purchase water and snacks. Unlike UK some Swiss ATM’s have a withdrawal minimum, normally clearly marked in the ATM.

I think we should bring back the skeletons.

I think J is very clean as far as banknotes go

That's a feature not a bug for banknotes. Besides, they don't look as busy in real life as they do when magnified on a screen.

Mdr le premier avec la tarte. On dirait le montage de ma mamie avec paint

I thought design A was a joke at first. Those dishes look ridiculous the way they're put on the notes, very "design is my passion".

B, C, K are the worst ones. minimalist corporate shit.

I love design B

Francs would be likely harder to exchange, but possible. Euros are problematic as well, they might be confiscated at the border (when you leave EU, not at the entrance). Dollars are your best bet. Make sure that the banknotes are new and crisp, banks in Russia are really really picky about the condition of the foreign currency notes these days.

You can bring up to $10k or equivalent in other currency without having to declare, over 10k you have to declare. If you will be near the limit, be extra cautious, because even a ¢10 coin forgotten in the wallet will be a breach of the law if it tips the sum over the limit.

You should change to dollars/euro before. There is a little possibility that you would be able to change francs but you can send a lot of time to find the right place. This currency is not common.

Someone mentioned it, but you need to make sure the notes are pristine. Not just new from the bank, I mean absolutely pristine. If there is any kind of mark, bending, or crease, they will not accept it. I took about 1000 dollars which were brand new from the bank and they rejected around a quarter of them for the tiniest imperfections. May be worth taking more dollars than you actually need just in case. Obviously mmv.

I have 28 of those. Big collection.

very nice notes from a lot of rare currencies as well :D
ur collection is quite big, how many notes do you have now?

Nice collection

yoo you posted

I counted out 22 notes that I used during my travels during that period - cool!

Though we do use kr. I guess it is the same with SEK and NOK.

Only a few currencies have symbols. NOK, SEK, PLN, CZK, BAM, RON, HUF are some more European currencies that don't have dedicated symbols

Before the euro, lots of currencies in Europe had no symbol. To my knowledge, the krona/krone in Scandinavia does not have a symbol, just the abbreviation kr.

I think many currencies don't.

E.g in Norway, Denmark, and Iceland people use kroner/króna and it is written "kr."

(Sometimes with the country initial first to differentiate them from each other)

It's funny reading this thread as I'd never realised that currencies having a symbol was such an exclusive thing. Portugal's currency before the Euro, the escudo, had a symbol as well - it looked like $ but with two strikes through it, and the symbol itself had a name too (cifrão) - so it would also strike me as unusual that a currency wouldn't have a symbol.

Doesn't look like it. I looked it up on Wikipedia to put it on my comment and it literally has an image in the middle of the text every time the symbol is used.

I think people just used the dollar sign when typing. But I was 10 when we switched to the euro so I don't remember that well.