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Legal tender and Scottish bank notes
My Scottish money not good enough

Scottish money

So what do you do with a wallet full of scottish bank notes then and where can you spend them without those funny looks? Have you ever had your Scottish money refused? Please join in the discussion and share your experiences.



I've just returned from a short holiday in Scotland and I have brought back my Scottish currency. If you've ever tried to spend Scottish money in England you will probably be in a good position to understand my gripe.

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12-8-2008Pretty disgusting that Tim. Actually, I'm surprised at you going to a club with just ten pounds, where is this cheap club because every one I've ever been to a couple of drinks nearly comes to a tenner. Maybe it's so cheap because their attitude stinks.ascot
12-8-2008Refused entry to a club, as they wouldn't accept my Scottish ten pound note, which was the only cash I had in my wallet. So embarrasing, especially having to walk past everybody in the que as though I had been refused entry for being under age. Absolutley Disgusting.Tim
12-8-2008I have just had a scottish £100 note refused in a post office... and yesterday in Asda..... What is going on in this country when you can't even spend your own money in a public place...Jay
12-7-2008I haven't read all this thread, so apologies if someone else has mentioned it, but technically Scottish banknotes aren't legal tender anywhere in the UK (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender#cite_note-scotnotes-5). Having said that folk should accept them.craig
07-7-2008http://imajr.com/DSC01661-1113125 Refused in a cafe in Chester. I had no other UK money and offered to pay by plastic or cheque and they refused that, so they insisted on calling the police, who instructed them that all sterling banknotes, CI, NI, and Scotland, are legal tender. I got my tea fre...moreMikeP
07-7-2008That's fair enough Hannah and not your fault. It's something that should perhaps be done when training staff up, there again its one of those rare things you can understand why they don't bother training staff. Probably doesn't matter at the end of the day because when we all move o...moreThe Author
07-7-2008I work in retail and for the first time I was presented with a Scottish twenty pound note, never seeing one before I gave the customer a funny look and asked my supervisor if we accepted it, realising that it was Scottish money I felt incredibly embarrassed and apologized to the man for my mistake, ...moreHannah
30-6-2008You should try Spending a Scots £20.00 in Poundstreacher in Maldon Essex After a bit of an argument with the Manager, he informed me he was not allowed to take English £50 notes, and Scottish £20 pound notes. The company takes English notes in Scotland, I would have thought a nat...moreTed
23-6-2008Just had same experience in Ticehurst, two weddings full of jocks and they wouldn't accept scottish notes - cause erm they once got a load of forgeries. Nae excuse for it it should be against the law. If they trained their staff properly in spotting forgeries then there wouldn't be a proble...moreruss
17-6-2008The scottish note has the queens head on it. I think there should be no great debate over the legitimacy of my notes on english soil.Janeer
22-4-2008All the big stores like tesco where I work accept scottish money there is no legal reason why they should not there is nothing wrong with them and there same value as uk money it's the shops losing out because they lose your tradeJohn
19-4-2008I tried to use a Scottish tenner at a burger van near the rather unattractive Luton Airport last year, I ended up arguing with the header burger flipper threatening to flatten me, he would have because he was so fat so I was under no doubt about his threats. All I wanted was a manky looking hot dog ...morewww.veliko.co.uk



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