Converting old French francs in Paris

March 2, 2011 9:09 AM

Read that you can still change old French francs to euros - until 2/1012. My local bank can't do it but I will be in Paris in the future. What bank there would be the best place to do it and is a complicated process? Do I need any documentation other than the actual bank notes? Thanks for the help.
posted by jjcurtis to Work & Money (3 answers total)

Do you speak French? You can find the details here: http://www.banque-france.fr/fr/publications/telechar/bulletin/etu175_7.pdf The bottom of page 72 tells you what can still be exchanged. You need to do it at the Banque de France.
posted by rubbish bin night at 9:24 AM on March 2, 2011

Oh, here it is in English: (scroll down).
posted by rubbish bin night at 9:26 AM on March 2, 2011

The French page of the Banque de France has a list of the places where you can change Francs (PDF). I change mine at the Paris branch of the BdF some years ago and the process was fast and simple.
posted by elgilito at 5:04 AM on March 3, 2011