Foreign Money

[moak]

I was annoyed that on trying to top up my oyster card in the local newsagents (I won't say where) they wouldn't accept my Scottish ?10! I explained to the young man, who managed to temporarily stop his phone conversation (that also annoys me but it's another thread), it is legal tender but he said "my boss won't allow it!" Another customer asked me if I was using a euro note! A EURO NOTE!!! I explained it was not foreign money but sterling! Anyway, his boss wasn't there and I had a train to catch so I paid by card!

Imagine the uproar if the Scottish refused to accept English money?!

[sjw]

I have had that problem in the past after returning from Scotland with scottish currency , it was in Tesco and involved calling the manager who reluctantly accepted it.

[Lowlander]

Err, this has been happening since the mid-1800s i.e almost 200 years.

Scottish notes are not legal currency. It's easier now than it was in the 1980s when cabbies would often refuse them!

Just accept the challenge, or change the notes for English ones...personally I just keep them for my next trip north of the border.

[monkeylite]

I think shops here should accept Scottish notes, but there is a misunderstanding on the term legal tender. Scottish notes aren't even legal tender in Scotland.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/banking/2010/05/true-or-false-scottish-notes-arent-legal-tender

[KrackersMaracas]

Boom! Scots law 101 -they're a promissory note!

[moak]

Thanks for the info Monkey, you learn something new everyday! 😊

[picknmix]

I paid my small shopping in cash in Cooperative in Lordship lane yesterday and the sales assistant gave me back a 20 pence and said it was Jersey coin. I was a bit surprised and asked isn't Jersey in England ? She said they don't give out Jersey money so they don't accept them. First time I encountered such a thing , I wasn't familiar with the monetary rules so I just shrugged my shoulder and pulled out another coin.

[JohnL]

Lowlander Wrote:

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> Err, this has been happening since the mid-1800s

> i.e almost 200 years.

>

> Scottish notes are not legal currency. It's

> easier now than it was in the 1980s when cabbies

> would often refuse them!

>

> Just accept the challenge, or change the notes for

> English ones...personally I just keep them for my

> next trip north of the border.

But the Scots always say (with a little attitude)

'I'll think you'll find, pal, that's legal tender'

Can I refuse to accept them as change for my pint :)

[DulwichFox]

It is complicated but it would seem that Scottish notes are not even 'Legal Tender' in Scotland as mentioned above.

It would also seem that although Scottish notes can be used to make a purchase, they cannot be given out as change.

But who knows. ? I don't.

DulwichFox

[JohnL]

Some of these workers have their wages deducted if they accept a dodgy note

So I could understand the guy in the newsagents if they can't verify Scottish ones.

What about Brixton pounds in Peckham.