My wonder spouse and I are getting ready to leave for a trip to Egypt in a few weeks. Recently we received the expected information about what to pack, when we can get our visas, and guidelines about tipping, which we can do in US money.
We will get our visas when we arrive at the Cairo airport. The visas will cost $25 American each, cash only, (no problem there) and the bills can't be over four years old. In fact all of the US money we bring to Egypt can't be over four years old.
So our question is how do we know if our paper money isn't over four years old. I happen to have some crispy $10 bills in my possession because I'm getting ready to send Halloween cards to my nieces and nephews, and cash is so much easier to mail across the country than candy.
But I have carefully examined every inch of both sides of one of those crispy ten dollar bills and I can't find a date on it anywhere. In teeny tiny print it says 'series 2017a'. Does that mean the bill was printed in 2017? It certainly seems newer than that. But just now my spouse discovered that he has one that says series 2021. New Secretary of the Treasury, new series???
I guess when I go to my credit union sometime this week to get some traveling money I will ask the, hopefully very friendly and not too busy, cashier to give me only bills that are series 2021 or newer. But first I will confirm with him or her that the series number really does have something to do with the year it was printed.
I suppose I could Google this information but I think I'll choose to be educated in person for a change.
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