md25 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 English notes are legal tender in Scotland, although they're pretty rare. This is despite Scottish notes not being legal tender, even though everyone accepts them. This is due to some idiot forgetting a sentence in a law three hundred years ago. Scottish shops are also much more likely to accept Northern Irish notes comapred to down here, although those NI transparent fivers are way too cool to actually spend. I've also never heard of anyone mistaking a green, tiny, rare £1 for a blue, bigger, common fiver before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Why should english notes be accepted in scotland then? Quite. We should all have to change our money at the border really, just to be on the safe side. Although, as I previously mentioned, why do we all have different money anyway? We being Ulster, Scotland and Wales/England? ps loving the christmas decorations on the thread headers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heyesey Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 English notes are legal tender in Scotland nope. No notes of any description are legal tender in Scotland; not even their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepcarowl Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 So when you go to the shops do you have to barter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heyesey Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 So when you go to the shops do you have to barter? No, because legal tender has damn-all to do with payment for goods and services. See my earlier link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagardriley Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Why should english notes be accepted in scotland then? They shouldn't be. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 They are clearly marked as 'Sterling' (unlike Northern Irish notes, which are not), and therefore legal currency. I was going to post 'look for sterling', but you beat me to it. (by 2 pages actually) BUT.. i picked up some Irish chicks the other week in me cab, (going to see Razorlight, so no accounting for taste) and they handed me an Irish note, and it had Sterling written on it. So I think maybe they do, or at least some do. (well the bank took it, so I guess it had some value) ash (and yes they had dam sexy accents) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Quite a few people claiming that they can't tell fake from real scottish notes so they won't accept them. Does this mean that they can spot fake English notes, or is it just a really transparent excuse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBee Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Well I used to live in Scotland, and when I came down to England on visits with a walletful (ish!!!!) of Scottish notes I never had any trouble spending them. A few funny looks maybe and a few cashiers checking with their managers, but no one ever refused them. One pound notes seem to cause the most confusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanChick Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Currently in my wallet, I have notes from the Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and The Northern Bank, with a pile of coin. I also came over with notes from Scotland. As long as I can spend them, it's all good! Sure is different than Canadian currency... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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