So, I'm stumped. I'm guessing at least one local bank, financial firm, pawn shop or whatever is only too happy to exchange your currency for a fee.

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Lots of leverage, lots of turnover. As if those statistics weren’t scary enough, the rules of currency trading allow investors to leverage every dollar they bet on a 50-to-1 ratio.

Sure, there are plenty of places waiting to make a currency exchange quick and easy. But that almost always means you will pay more for converting money than you should.