Scottish ten pound note

The_weedie

It's basically up to the person at the till or bar or whatever if they want to accept it or not.

Some people will just be awkward and not accept it for the sake of being a pain in the !!!!.

When they cash it in at the end of the week/month/year or when every they do it, their bank/BS/PO etc will accept them no questions asked.

English, Scottish and Irish notes all work in vending machines/parking machines etc nation wide.

Scottish Pounds are all backed up in the BoE anyway so what difference would independence make? Also you can use any currency you want, you can pay for anything you want with what you want as long as both parties agree.

eskbanker

The_weedie wrote: »

Also you can use any currency you want, you can pay for anything you want with what you want as long as both parties agree.

....which, in the context of the question raised in this thread, effectively says "they'll be accepted if the recipient agrees to accept them", so not really much further forward!

zagubov

Lived in England the best part of four decades and the only time I've seen one declined was by an age-enriched volunteer in a charity shop way out in the 'burbs who clearly thought deadly diseases didn't need their research funded by the less locally-familiar banknotes.

If you're on the tourist trail, or on main transport routes where they don't call the train "the Iron Horse", you're fine. If you're out in the sticks and there's banjoes strumming and the tattoos-to-teeth ratio's looking not too good they may be more hesitant.

jennifernil

Relax.....it is a very long time since anyone refused our Scottish notes.

Really, you southereners need to get to know all the various notes in circulation.

Shops in England no longer have problem with Scottish notes in our experience.

PeacefulWaters

The_weedie wrote: »

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Scottish Pounds are all backed up in the BoE anyway so what difference would independence make?

Are you Alex Salmand in disguise?

A proper independent nation without its own central bank seems a bit ridiculous.

jennifernil

Nick_C wrote: »

Wow! Don't you check your change? Personally, I wouldn't have accepted it unless I was in Scotland, or possibly some parts of the North of England.

Many businesses outside Scotland will refuse to accept them, and I would be surprised if they work in English vending machines.

This is nonsense, we have never had a shop or whatever refuse to accept our Scottish notes in England. They are not obliged to, but most places are not so stupid. We have the money, why would they not take our money?


Really time that England and Scotland stopped all this stupidity!!

We are all one country .......meantime!

tempus_fugit

iammumtoone wrote: »

That is a good point I didn't think of that.

Looks like I am stuck with mine, my own fault I will know next time.

As a side question, are most notes in Scotland, Scottish notes? doesn't that make it difficult when Scots come to visit the rest of the UK. I was given my note in the south, I assume it came from a Scot on holiday.

Yes it can, hence why we get our cash at a machine that will give out English notes before we venture south of the border. Mind you, we shouldn't have to, we accept English notes up here after all.

I remember once at a service station on the M74 in Scotland, someone having an argument with the cashier because she was giving him Scottish notes in his change. He was on this way back to England and wanted English notes. She just told him that he was in Scotland so he would have to have Scottish notes. Quite right too.

Curls2208

Just take it to a supermarket self service machine, it'll be fine.

Nick_C

jennifernil wrote: »

Really, you southereners need to get to know all the various notes in circulation.

Approximately 60 different banknotes! You expect individuals to be familiar with them all? When even Scots posting on here don't realise just how many there are? No thanks.

jennifernil wrote: »

... we have never had a shop or whatever refuse to accept our Scottish notes in England. They are not obliged to, but most places are not so stupid. We have the money, why would they not take our money?

Really time that England and Scotland stopped all this stupidity!!

We are all one country .......meantime!

You are right. The UK is one State, with one currency.

Is there any other State in the world that has about 60 different notes issued by eight different banks?

Let's stop all this stupidity and have one set of banknotes as almost every other Sovereign State does. Let's withdraw the right of the Scottish and Irish banks to issue their promisory notes.

Alternatively, stop having a go at individuals in England and Wales who don't want to accept your Mickey Mouse money.

I'm happy with either option.

misterstingy

eDicky wrote: »

You have no problem at all with your Scottish tenner, even in Southeast England. I have spent many in the Essex area, all kinds, BoS, RBS, Clydesdale, Northern Irish too. Most shops and petrol stations take them, supermarket checkout machines and bank ATMs accept them. If any shop prefers not to take your note, the next one probably will.

Thanks. I live in Essex, so sounds like it should be OK.

The note is exactly the same size and colour as a normal tenner. When it was handed to me I noticed it had a picture of a woman other than the Queen on it, but I just assumed the BoE had started issuing notes with an alternative picture. It was only when I got home and looked at it more closely that I spotted 'The Royal Bank of Scotland plc' in such tiny letters I can barely see them without a magnifying glass.