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Foreign Exchange
and to pay for such services be replaced if lost or stolen.
as medical care or car rental. The most widely accepted Try to change your money
Having a credit card will make traveler’s checks are those into US denominations before
your stay much easier, and the issued by American Express traveling to the US. You may
exchange rates on cards are in US dollars. Buy checks in a find it difficult to exchange
often better than those for variety of denominations, with foreign currency except in
traveler’s checks or currency. $10, $20, and $50 bills. It can international airport terminals
be difficult to cash $100 bills in major cities. The main foreign
except at a bank. Foreign exchange companies in the
Traveler’s Checks
currency checks are not US are American Express and
Some visitors prefer to carry accepted, and out-of-state Travelex. If you are in the need
traveler’s checks (although checks are difficult to cash. of ready cash, you can always
they are no longer widely used Contact the American Express visit a duty-free shop and buy
and cannot be easily cashed) Helpline for lost, stolen, or something so that you can
rather than cash as they can destroyed traveler’s checks. cash a traveler’s check.

10-cent coin
(a dime)
5-cent coin
Coins (a nickel) 1-dollar 25-cent coin
coin (a quarter)
American coins come in 1-dollar, and 50-, 25-, 10-, 5-,
and 1-cent pieces. 1-cent pieces are popularly called Bank Notes
pennies, 5-cent are nickels, 10-cent are dimes, and Units of currency are dollars and
25-cent pieces are quarters. cents; 100 cents make a dollar. Notes (bills)
N come in $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100s.
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I only the $1 bill is completely green.
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