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The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) announced that the National Bank of Switzerland, on its official website, announced that in the first half of 2021 it would withdraw from circulation the banknotes of the eighth series of the Swiss franc, which was put into circulation in the period 1995-1998. , with the exact date of the withdrawal announced two months in advance.
The statement states that the Swiss National Bank announced the change in May 2020.
The National Bank of Serbia recommends to citizens that the eighth series of Swiss franc banknotes be deposited in banks to save in foreign currency, sold for dinars, converted to another currency or exchanged for Swiss franc banknotes, as soon as possible possible, because banks and authorized exchange offices will stop buying. as bills in circulation and before they go out of circulation.
Substitution of these banknotes, after they cease to be legal tender, will be possible without a time limit, at the counters of the Swiss National Bank in Bern and Zurich or by sending them by post to that bank.
The reason for the withdrawal from circulation of the eighth series of Swiss franc banknotes is the improvement of the security features of the banknotes made in the ninth series, which protects the banknotes more effectively against counterfeiting, the statement read .
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