£50 note withdrawal

Very funny.

It's true though as far as I'm aware.

No, an English note does not need to be accepted anywhere, and neither does a Scottish note. Unless perhaps you are paying money into court, when theoretically they could refuse the Scottish note but it's fairly inconceivable that they would.

I was considering a trebuchet in Bath once. That may be less legal though.

I often get them from bookies at racecourse. I have never had a problem spending them elsewhere nor if paying them into a bank. Derek

From Wikipedia: "Legal tender is a medium of payment allowed by law or recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation."

And as someone else mentioned, say I paid my electricity bill in cash, they could not refuse it. And that includes Scottish notes.

Try a small shop, they hate giving out loads of change.

If you bothered to read a little further down that very same article, you would find:

Legal tender is solely for the guaranteed settlement of debts and does not affect any party's right of refusal of service in any transaction.

and:

Banknotes issued by Scottish and Northern Irish banks are not legal tender anywhere in England and Wales

and:

no banknotes issued by Scottish banks, Northern Ireland banks nor the Bank of England are legal tender in Scotland. Thus legal tender in Scotland is limited to coin

No, it does not. I'm not even sure how you think you're going to pay your electricity bill in cash - are you going to go to their offices and try and give it to the receptionist?

That's one of Mr Plod's problems, over reaction every time. At least it was legal tender notes being delivered, rather than the Scottish stuff!

Must be February again. This thread usually runs for around six weeks, a couple of weeks after the TV licence thread has repetered out.

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Very funny.

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But true. So we can add that to the (long) list of things you didn't know, until educated by this group..

pped being made years ago, how on earth did I have one?

a withdrawal date is set by the Bank."

at the Bank of England:

The situation would be no different in principle to one in which the only money you had on you was Japanese Yen or Zimbabwe dollars.

You chose a bad example, because garages will typically take your car as surety. A better example would have been paying the bill at a restaurant after you have eaten an expensive meal.

Nobody in their right mind would expect a place to take Japanese Yen. But most people accept all pounds are the same.

Has anyone ever been in a restaurant or petrol garage and not been allowed to pay in Scottish notes? I say again, they are legal tender, just like English ones. They must be taken.

We need a different colour of lights for pigs and ambulances/fireengines. I want to get out of the way of an emergency, but not some traffic pig chasing someone for no reason.

I've been using Scottish fivers all my life, so you're talking s**te.

You can say it again, until the cows (or horses) come home. It won't make you right.

Scottish notes are not legal tender.

Not even in Scotland.

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PR.

OK, I'll attempt to put you out of your misery (and, more importantly, out of everyone else's misery).

See if you can spot the difference in meaning between the words

"Is legal tender", and

"Is commonly accepted".

(I won't hold my breathe.......)

__ PR

Which still doesn't make them legal tender.

I've been using Scottish fivers all my life, so you're talking s**te.

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I would not dispute that you have been using Scottish fivers all your life. I have no way of knowing; but it is quite possible that you have.

Only this morning I paid for some goods at Sainsbury with a till receipt that said "1.80 off your next shop".

It was accepted quite happily by the cashier.

It was NOT legal tender.

Now on to your second assertion: that I was "talking s**te".

I can assure you that I was not; and, indeed, this is not the first occasion when that pejorative statement could justifiably have been aimed at yourself.

HTH HAND GYADD