Legal Tender

[petem]

Is Jersey currency legal tender in England?

I've just had a shopkeeper refuse to accept a one penny coin with the words 'Balliwick of Jersey' on the reverse side. It is the same size as a UK 1 penny coin and has the queen's head on it. Is the shopkeeper within his rights to reject it?

[spudqueen]

Nope, they are not. I used to work in a bank and I can assure you that irish, scottish, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man notes and coins are NOT legal tender in England. Any coins I used to get I used to put in a vending machine! Notes - your bank will change them for you.

[petem]

Thank you spudqueen.

Seems strange tho' as Euros are accepted as legal tender in shops etc. in England. I live in Cheltenham and during Race week in March, we are hosts to the Irish and their money is never refused!

Oh well, i'll have to wear my glasses when counting out my money!

[dzug]

No euros are NOT accepted as legal tender. Shops MAY choose to accept them but they don't have to.

Mind you it's a pretty good deal (for the shopkeeper/bookie) to accept them at a lousy rate of exchange.....

[Pippa68]

The storeI used to manage accepted Scottish/Jersey notes and Euros.

A shop/store doesn't have to accept them though.

[THECORBYLOON]

Bank of England notes are not legal tender in Scotland.

[Pippa68]

I managed to spend some when I visited last October, TCL :o)

[dzug]

Scottish notes are not legal tender (in the strict sense) in Scotland either. You can still spend them though.

[petem]

Thank you all for your comments. The offending 1penny has join my coin collection along with french francs, and a variety of dollar (australian, canadian and US) and recently some Polish zlotyies (the spelling is a guess!).

[dzug]

Near enough but if you are being picky it's

Złoty for 1 (plural for 2, 3 and 4: złote and złotych for 5 or more)