When Zimbawe had Billion Dollar notes I spent a couple of hours trying to figure out how I could get them (Lots) overseas reliably for sale on Ebay or tipping waitresses.
Under the Obozo admin I decided I didn’t want to risk some bogus criminal currency importation/smuggling so I just dropped it.
Still getting some Trillion Dollar notes might be fun and we know Joe isn’t/can’t pay attention to anything.
And yes they’re on Ebay but you don’t want to get in a bidding war with me.
;-)
The US is weird about currency.
Everywhere else, it’s perfectly normal to trade in currency all day long in public.
Currency kiosks are everywhere in Europe and even Central Asia as well as South America. Virtually all ATMs let you pick from a few customary currencies in the vicinity.
A lot of businesses advertise which currencies they take; dollars and euros most common.
EVERYONE knows what the daily rates are and they can do the conversion arithmetic on demand.
So in those places, if you want, doing a little private currency trading is no big deal.Everyone does it. The trading windows only need licenses to keep them honest, but a lot of that is automated now. The rates are posted so you can check the transaction yourself.
So I dont know what kinda crap the Obamation DoT might have put you through. If it was way below the 10K reporting limit probably nothing. Get close to that and they might think you’re playing games. But on the rest of the planet, doubt if anything would cause any attention.