Grace period for Swedish currency conversion extended to the end of the year

Raymond Chen April 28, 2006 Apr 28, 2006 04/28/06

Like the United States, Sweden is in the process of upgrading their paper currency to incorporate new security measures. Unlike the United States, Sweden is declaring the old bills no longer valid. The original plan was that the old 20-kronor, 100-kronor and 500-kronor notes would expire today, but due to the enormous number of outstanding old...