Scottish Money..is it legal in England

jonesMUFCforever

Technically it is not legal tender outside of Scotland but in reality it is up to each individual shop or retailer.
Banks will exchange them for customers no problem - I normally have to send off several thousand Irish, Scottish and Isle of Man notes on a regular basis, and I'm in Wales.

UnitedFlyer

It is 100% legal.
As long as it says "£ Sterling" on it it can be used anywhere!!

That even means £1 notes!!

Boohbah

As a taxi driver, I used to accept Scottish notes. The bank accepts them no problem.

Word of warning though, though to late for ZZRKarlos I fear.

Our local garden center has stooped taken them as there are a lot of forged £20 notes about at the moment.

bargainboy

Midas wrote:

You have to wonder why the Scots persist with having 'their own' money. It's utterly pointless. The money is still pounds sterling so they may as well use the money issued by the bank that actually guarantees the value of sterling, i.e. the Bank of England. And the Scottish money isn't really Scottish at all. For example, the Clydesdale Bank (which still issues banknotes in Scotland) was owned by the (English) Midland Bank for years, before being sold to the National Australia group!

Us Scottish folk want our own money because we are our own country so why dont the English want to use Euro's and by the way our Scottish money is real just like our Scottish water and our Scottish oil if you dont want our money then dont take anything thing else Scottish:p

rdwarr wrote:

Yes, the coins are made in the Royal Mint and are legal tender. But we're talking about notes here which definitely are not legal tender, even in Scotland! They are issued by the banks who have a right to do so.
For the full facts go here.

site looks like it has been done properly but not sure after reading it that it is a factual site none the less it seems very well researched. I was told about the legality of Scottish notes in a Barclays bank in England when i 1st moved there as i had problems spending scottish notes.

by the way we are British so maybe our money should say bank of Britain as Bank of England says to me it is english and not British

colmil

It's nice to see that you are well balanced, Bargainboy-a chip on each shoulder!

MINMOUSE

This post seems crazy - why would scottish money not be legal tender n England. Have been to England more times than I want to count and have seen Bank of Scotland, RBOS etc in several High Streets. Are the banks illegal too!!

looby75

My sister lives in Scotland and each time I visit her I try my best not to come home with "funny money" (lol sorry to all you Scots out there, I love it really ;)it always makes me feel like I'm on holiday ) as I find alot of shops won't accept it in my area.

I have been told it's due to the amount of fake Scottish £20 that are floating around, and because most people in England aren't very familiar with Scottish notes fake ones are much easier to slip past an unsuspecting sales assistant than English ones are. So the simple answer, refuse to accept all Scottish notes. It's a right PITA though.

inmypocketnottheirs

Of coure it is legal tender. Do you see bureau de change facilities when crossing from entering Scotland from England. Does anyone go to the bank to order Scottish currency for their holidays?

Js_Other_Half

The notes from Northern Ireland pose the same problem for me when I try to spend them in England. There are 4(?) different banks, printing different designs - and from what I remember the inks showed up differently under the shop UV light - making some staff think they were forgeries.

Generally I've found my local indian takeaways will happily accept them, otherwise I put them into my bank account.

rdwarr

inmypocketnottheirs wrote:

Of coure it is legal tender.

Please show a source that backs up that wild allegation :rolleyes:
There are hundreds that say it isn't.