I once got a CHF 1000 note on our wedding day, I only realised that it was a 1000 note after I got so much change back at a store in the airport!

I got my first 1000 CHF note today!

I went to get 400 CHFs from the ATM and since my parents are arriving today, I wanted to get 600 CHFs spending money for them.

I got it as a single 1000 CHF note.

Switzerlanded again!

Some ATMs even dispense them.

In the days prior to e-banking I frequently picked one or two up at the ATM and carried them across the road to the post office to pay my rent and other bills.

They were lovely crisp unused ones too. I do miss that feeling.

Nobody would attack an ATM. It's illegal you see

But airports are full of dirty foreigners, so anything is possible/

When I first arrived, I wanted to get my GA from the SSB. I thought since I didn't have my credit card yet and my limit on withdraws is only 3k/month, I should get the cash from the counter.

So, off I go to the UBS counter and asked for a few thousand in cash to pay for the GA. I thought, "oh, I might as well withdraw some spending money as well." Then I got 4 x 1,000 bills...

The SBB at the counter told me, "no, just pay for the first month [280?] and we'll bill you the rest." Due to laziness, I didn't redeposit the cash and took several months to use up the petty cash. Though, it was pretty cool to have several thousand francs in a few bills.

Just give it to me. I'll stacking in my closet with the rest of them.....




(i wish..... tough times.... can't afford a mini this year. :-()

Nonono! You have to stack them in plain sight, so a burglar would see them straight away and leave before looking for any valuables!

Oh, My Chihuahua will make quick work of that burglar! She's small but evil!

Geneva, 2011: when this bad boy came out the machine, I couldnt believe my eyes.

I promptly uploaded to facebook, with the caption, "DAMN, thats some big ass note!"

By way of contrast I was brought back down to earth last Saturday afternoon after a slightly too long 3 month spell on the island of Switzerland had warped my sense of paper money. In my first Euro cash transaction of 2012 the pleasant old boy running the car park I used in Portugal apologised and asked if I had anything smaller than a 10 Euro note! And I'd had to pressure the post office here in Schweiz to issue me with notes smaller than 50 Euros...

It is very pretty! That purple goes so well with my hair.

Ahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahaha Nope.

Al Capon In the safe in Chicago. Me Thinks

and the Bilderbergers

um

what's that black helicopter doing?

I hope it wants to be friends with me.

For Buerle mit Bratwurscht und got 1/2 francs coin back

It is
- banks
- jewellers
- currency traders

well, that would confirm the organised crime aspect anyway.

And certain of the "top tables" in CH only accept cash (margins are tighter on a fine meal than on pizza so why lose 4-6% with Amex). I had a couple of American colleagues at the time who were a little surprised when they found out that Girardet in Crissier didn't accept plastic.

The CHF 1'000 notes come in real handy for special occasions. The old CHF 500 notes were good as well but it was felt that the CHF 200 would be more practical so the 500 was replaced in the early '90s (by memory).

Nah, Geraldo Rivera stole them in 1986. They just didn't show that part on live TV.