Oops - brought back Algerian Dinars I can’t change
 

So, if anyone was to do something ridiculous like plan a trip to Algeria, let me know because I’ve accidentally brought back about £100 of local currency ????*♀️

What rate did you buy at out of interest?

If all else fails you can donate it to charity.

https://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/dona...eign-currency/

The rate I got wasn’t fantastic as I had the “pleasure” of a police escort for the first 24 hours or so. Kinda made it awkward to get money changed on the street and I ended up at the bank.

I got about 146 to the Euro.

Ouch, not so good.
Afaict, the 'black market' in Alg is hardly clandestine, sold openly at the airport and with rate fluctuations discussed in the national press.
I bet if you had asked a cop he'd have directed you to a place (jewellers, phone shops, ask around) or done it for himself.
But first time in Alg that might feel a bit sketchy ;-)

If anyone needs a place for 250/€ near Oran port, PM me or Ed Gill who found it.
As it's OK with Ed, I can add that the Google map embedded on this page IDs the spot - it's where the route to Tindouf starts

My favourite spot of all time for a black market money exchange. A row of womenswear shops…only selling a few used and soiled dresses and shoes, clearly as a front for the said currency exchange. And right next to the Spanish Consulate, so in plain side of the permanent and substantial police guard there too.

I have the guys number if anyone is heading via Oran and wants to arrange to meet him, to save time. DM me if you’d like it.

Somehow this just happens from time to time, no matter how alert, sophisticated, and/or practiced we are. I've got stashes of Turkish, Kyrgyz, and Uzbek currency from a single, badly-planned trip...plus lots of Greek and French coinage my father accumulated before the switch to the euro. Oh, and then there are the defunct mass transit tokens from a half-dozen major cities.

Somebody should set up an adventure motorcyclists travel exchange where people can buy and sell surplus currency.

I've got a ton of Nigerian Naira & Angolan Kwanza. Why is it the countries that forbid exporting their currency make it so damn hard to exchange it at their airports ?

I’d think of all of those as souvenirs. I have a jar of coins and currencies from old trips - none worth the trouble to try and exchange of course, not even the somewhat meaningful amount of Laotian kip that is wanted no further than the Chinese border station! I also love keeping local transit cards as mementos, got a few Oysters, Octopuses and Suicas over the years. Now it’s all tap-to-pay, of course, which is much more convenient.

There is an Algerian website with actual exchange rate in the black market:
https://devisesquare.com/#USD

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