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NBS Has Already Withdrawn 97 percent of Koruna Notes and Coins
Friday 08 January 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, January 8 (TASR) - The Slovak central bank (NBS) has already withdrawn Slovak-koruna banknotes and coins worth Sk150 billion (€5 billion) from circulation, which represents 96.9 percent of the total circulation as at December 31, 2007, NBS informed on Friday.
According to NBS managing director for payment system and money circulation Milena Korenova, 111.5 million pieces of notes and 232.6 million pieces of coins were taken out of circulation last year.
More than 20 million banknotes, mostly with denomination of Sk20 and Sk100 still remain in circulation, informed Korenova, adding that people can exchange koruna-notes in NBS without any time limits, while exchange of koruna-coins for euros is only possible until December 31, 2013.
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