Do £100 notes exist?

ripplyuk

I'm in Northern Ireland. I thought because they are issued by RBS that Ulster bank would easily have them.

What the bank guy said about them being unuseable just got me thinking. I can't imagine a shop accepting a large note like that but I thought any bank would still see them as legal currency and exchange them later for smaller notes.

I hadn't thought about forgery. I assume if the bank gives the notes out, they are definitely genuine? Though, I'd certainly be nervous about accepting one if it was from a random person paying for something in cash. Especially because I've never actually seen one

System

Ulster Bank issue their own banknotes and don't use RBS ones; they are separate bank much like NatWest.

I've used £100 notes before without issue but not for low value purchases expecting large amounts of change.

Spidernick

I bet most people rarely see £50 notes (it's probably been getting on for five years since I last saw one), so I doubt there would be much call for £100 notes.

robin58

Why do we need a £100 pound note?

At one place I worked, the cashier had to have a manger or team leader check £50 notes and approve it.

When I have tried to spend them myself, I get eyed up like I have printed them myself at home.

Personally I would not accept at all a £100 note if the existed in England.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

ripplyuk wrote: »

I'm in Northern Ireland. I thought because they are issued by RBS that Ulster bank would easily have them.

you could nip across on Belfast/Larne - Cairnryan ferry, only 5/6 miles to Stranraer, free bus, Stena sometimes to £10 day trips.

You'll get Clydesdale, RBS and BoS in Stranraer.

Uxb

Regularly seen Euro 100 note being used on the continent.

As regards the E500....In the UK I believe no FX exchange/bank will issue/accept the Euro 500 note due to its use in fraud.

eDicky

If you want these NI or Scots £100 notes to carry compactly and change on your travels overseas, you would find them hard to exchange and worth less than English notes. Take English fifties instead.

System

Or they could just get £100 Ulster Bank notes from Ulster Bank...

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

you could nip across on Belfast/Larne - Cairnryan ferry, only 5/6 miles to Stranraer, free bus, Stena sometimes to £10 day trips.

You'll get Clydesdale, RBS and BoS in Stranraer.

System

Good advice - I use my N&P Visa Debit card myself though.

eDicky wrote: »

If you want these NI or Scots £100 notes to carry compactly and change on your travels overseas, you would find them hard to exchange and worth less than English notes. Take English fifties instead.

ripplyuk

Heng_Leng wrote: »

Or they could just get £100 Ulster Bank notes from Ulster Bank...

No Ulster Bank that's in Ulster will give them. They highest they will give are Bank of England £50's. I've checked a few branches recently and their head office. All say no.

It's funny that an official bank can't get them but I could with a £10 trip to Stranraer :rotfl: