Lack of fivers in the world

urbanfrit

hjb123 wrote:

Whats up with a scottish note? They are perfectly legal tender - though I know some shops refuse to take the £20's due to lots of forgeries

Scottish banknotes are NOT legal tender in England and Wales.

So say these people and they should know:


http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/about/faqs.htm

hjb123

urbanfrit wrote:

Scottish banknotes are NOT legal tender in England and Wales.

So say these people and they should know:


http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/about/faqs.htm

Yeah but they are still perfectly acceptable - see http://www.siliconglen.com/Scotland/1_7.html

urbanfrit

hjb123 wrote:

Yeah but they are still perfectly acceptable - see http://www.siliconglen.com/Scotland/1_7.html

Be that as it may be but they are not legal tender.

Willsnarf1983

urbanfrit wrote:

I was given £8.81 in coins the other day in the bakers as change for a tenner and I could clearly see fivers in the till.I think they must hold them back for whingers who don't like £1 nuggets.

A bigger gripe of mine is 2p coins.
Huge great heavy worthless things they are.
What is the point of them?

did u know that coins before 1992 are actually currently worth about 3p at a scrap yard due to the 97% copper in them

Will

economiser

If only we could be rid of the copper coins. Things would be cheaper as all the something and 99p prices would become something and 95p.

wigginsmum

Nah - they'd round the price up to the nearest pound.

Searcher

wigginsmum wrote:

Nah - they'd round the price up to the nearest pound.

It could actually work either way.
This happened in Australia when they abolished the 1c and 2c coins.
Individual items are still priced at 99c etc but the rounding occurs on the total bill and rounded to the nearest 5c.
For example:
Items that are 96 or 97c are rounded down to 95c
98c and 99c are rounded up to the dollar

IvanOpinion

Why is it when I come home from the pub the crotch of my trousers is always somewhere down round my knees with the weight of loose change ... I once counted it the next morning and had over £60 of coins in my pocket.

I say do away with ALL coins/notes and simply use credit/debit cards .. curreny is outdated

Ivan

hjd

I have found the best cash machines for £5 notes are Lloyds TSB - and often new notes as well (can recommend the Lloyds Woking branch).

mountainofdebt

I worked in an environment where there were loads of £5.............usually had over a £1000 worth each week.

Hated with a vengence counting them each week and they were always tatty!