Scottish Pounds

Bigcheese


Joined: 12/01/2009
Posts: 51

Message Posted:
12/01/2009 22:56

Have just been told by several banks that due to some kind of rule by the central bank here that they cannot accept Scottish Pounds! I brought some cash over from UK in Scottish Pounds, but no-one wants to accept it. Although they accept it is legal tender and is no different to English Pounds, they say they can't accept it so be warned - only English Pounds are accepted!

SaorAlba


Joined: 05/01/2009
Posts: 53

Message Posted:
12/01/2009 23:27

This is a real pain to anyone in our position. Although Scots money is NOT legal tender in the rest of the UK, has become universally accepted by custom and practice.



Once you go abroad though, shops and banks get nervous because they get charged extra when exchanging, hence our bawbees are often not accepted.



Nothing for it but to grit the teeth and ask your bank for English notes before you jet off.



I still enjoy flaunting Scottish pound notes, as they don't wear a hole in your pocket like the blasted coins do.

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 00:04

you poor things !



Nick

FredWest


Joined: 07/12/2008
Posts: 20

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 00:11

Duh...Scottish pounds have never been legal tender in England or Wales.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 00:49

FredWest



I beg to differ, although shops will decline Scottish pounds in the UK you could always walk into a bank and exchange them for real money.

AJ

FredWest


Joined: 07/12/2008
Posts: 20

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 00:53

Yes that is correct.



When the term "legal tender" was refered to it was meant accepted tender to shops and business, which it isnt.

stevie-d



Joined: 13/07/2007
Posts: 1420

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 10:26

Hi Bigcheese, If you take them into a bureau-de-change they will take them at a slightly lower rate than the bank, I had to do this last year, didnt lose very much.

stevie-d

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 10:28

Scottish currency is legally accepted in England etc but you do not have to accept it if offered as change as it is NOT legal tender .



There used to big notices in travel brouchures that Scottish notes would not be accepted in countries like Turkey plus notices in foreign airports on arrival. Despite this saw someone stand in enormous queue at Dalaman for visa, get to the front and were annoyed the notes were refused and had to return to back of queue trying to find someone to change the notes. Nobody would of course, probably had to sell the children!!!

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 10:30

CIH is correct. If you own a business in the UL you can refuse to take a Scottish note. Banks will exchange them though.

Val44


Joined: 14/11/2008
Posts: 210

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 10:30

AJ are Scottish pounds not real money then?

stevie-d



Joined: 13/07/2007
Posts: 1420

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 10:31

I whish I had had a wardrobe full.

stevie-d

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 10:37

ERMMM



If you take the "knowledge of Britain" test - required to get UK citizenship - which most of us would FAIL ! .. the correct answer is apparently



SCOTTISH currency IS legal tender



Any way



do some of the tests



http://www.hiren.info/life-in-the-uk-test/



just add a 1,2, etc on the end for new one,s and see if you can be "British"...



Imagine having to do a knowledge of Cyprus test to be able to be a resident in Cyprus in Turkish ( or Greek!)....



The next time someone says getting to be a Brit citizen is easy....

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 10:41

then you read this from the "Bank of England Website"..



"Are Scottish & Northern Irish notes legal tender?

In short ‘No’ these notes are not legal tender; only Bank of England notes are legal tender but only in England and Wales.

The term legal tender does not in itself govern the acceptability of banknotes in transactions. Whether or not notes have legal tender status, their acceptability as a means of payment is essentially a matter for agreement between the parties involved. Legal tender has a very narrow technical meaning in relation to the settlement of debt. If a debtor pays in legal tender the exact amount he owes under the terms of a contract, he has good defence in law if he is subsequently sued for non-payment of the debt. In ordinary everyday transactions, the term ‘legal tender’ has very little practical application."



AHA, even blooming UK Govt appointed institutions can't agree

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 10:47

Mark. I only got 79%!



I particularly liked the question:



What Christmas dish is made from suet, dried fruit and spices?

Yorkshire Pudding

Dumplings

Christmas Pudding



I wonder if anyone got that wrong?

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 10:54

just wait until you get..



When did a woman's earnings and property stop automatically becoming her husband's on marriage?

1880

1881

1882

1884



How CAN you be British and not know that ?! ;)



Try some more of the tests... you'll be amazed.. I'll BET you "fail" sometimes.. ( please note the Qs re min wages are out of date ! )

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 11:15

MM- very good I did pass but then again my job involves giving the people who pass this test approval for a passport.

P

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 11:25

Hi, The Wickes!



Please try a few times.. I have failed once or twice.. to whom should I hand my passport BACK to ;) ?

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 11:26

MM I hear you might get a good price on the black market.

P

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 14:33

Was it not two little scottish sailor boys that invented copper wire ?



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they were fighting over a penny !

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 14:51

I had trouble with my Scottish pound notes in Istanbul as I forgot

to change them (and I knew the difficulty) On arriving once in Istanbul

I was told that "Must have Madams head on it...." and I can see their

point. I have had them accepted in Turkey though. Thing is, there is

more than one type, as B.O.S. R.B.O.S. & Clydesdale all have different

notes & there used to be more!

I don't know if they are legal tender in England, but have never had trouble

in recent years using them in London, even on buses, which I didn't expect.

It may interest you to know that during W.W.1 when my late father was

about to embark to France on active service they nearly mutinied because

the shopkeepers wouldn't accept the Scots soldiers money. The mayor of

the town apologized and told them to accept their money "As they were

fighting for the same cause" My dad was very impressed with this.

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 16:10

Correction to typo - 'Madam's head..'

Chicken Run


Joined: 11/10/2008
Posts: 252

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 16:36

Whether you are talking about pounds or football teams... they are Scottish and will not be worth much!

karakum5c



Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 1021

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 17:52

who founded the Bank of England ?







who destroyed the Bank of England ?









ANSWER a Scotsman

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 17:57

i thought it was andy murry mind you could of been petty pike

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 18:34

Get over it!



Scottish notes aren't even technically Legal currency in Scotland!



They're just some Touristy thing, the same as Tartan, Bagpipes, Haggis, and all the other Victorian claptrap the Scots come up with.



None of it is genuine!



I wonder what 'Scottish' Currency would be worth if they had ever been silly enough to pretend to be able to survive as a Country on their own.



Anything 'Scottish' is as genuine as a tin of 'Shortbread'!

kenny



Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 18:50

thanks for those racist remarks

rob

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 18:56

Kenny



All in good humour!



Turicchi is a good old Scottish name though!



Isn't it?

Barabus



Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 163

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 18:57

Hahahaha....lets not get into this. we all know none of it is genuıne 'anymore'...just as genuine as the Scottish oil that kept Britain afloat through the 80's and some of the 90's.

kenny



Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 19:02

half italiano if you must know.

dont know why my grandparents

left tuscany for scotland !!!

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 19:06

There're a lot of Italians in Scotland, did this not have something to do with the "Ice Cream Wars" of a few years ago?

P

kenny



Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 19:09

nope, i think they were told when they left

italia that the boat was going to new york

but they got dropped off in greenock !!

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 21:58

Lots of Scots here.



http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=twtVV317Afg



Lem

nevisman



Joined: 11/04/2008
Posts: 6

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 21:59

Hi Bigcheese



I am going back to the holly ground on Sunday and would graciously ease your dilemania with that horrid currency. I am sure I could exchange it for a few drams in the Park bar Glaschu

karakum5c



Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 1021

Message Posted:
13/01/2009 22:56

KENNY--- Greenock and New York the similarities are endless!