Are £100 Scottish notes legal in England

[gollob]

On this afternoon's Dickinson's real deal the buyer put 2 x £100 Scottish notes down on the table Are they legal in England or can you refuse them

[factor-fiction]

I think the term legal tender is misunderstood.

[Canary42]

No, but generally accepted.

[mike11111]

They are not legal tender in the sense that one can be force to accept them. However, not many people are going to refuse 2 x £100 Scottish notes when the banks will readily accept them. I can remember the days when if you presented a Scottish £1 note at the bank you would only get 19s 6 back.

[Quizmonster]

Scottish notes don't even qualify as 'legal tender' in Scotland!

[guilliebrougues]

Scottish notes are worth just as much as English ones. However, some shops in England refuse Scottish notes. I wonder what would happen if Englsih notes were refused in Scotland.

[sandyRoe]

When Scotland gains its independence will they opt for the €uro?

[Duncer]

FAO Scots who are enraged at the refusal of Scottish notes in England, I agree, but I suffer the same crap when I come back from God's own country and present a Bank of Ireland or Ulster Bank note.

I wish certain banks, (RBOS in Falkirk to be precise) would educate their staff better. A young bank teller in there told me my Bank Of Ireland £20 notes were a different currency. When I pointed out that this was strange as the ROI now used Euros, she said, "I know, but that's an Irish pound".

[slinky.kate]

hate it when my money is refused,now i just say'ok' and walk out and leave the stuff on the counter

[aelmpvw]

Printing £100 notes in Scotland seems to me a pointless exercise

[daffy654]

When working in an off licence I was told by the local police that it was easier to forge Scottish banknotes, that is why many businesses refuse to accept them.

[guilliebrougues]

If all banknotes were checked with the infra red pen there would be no problem. It should be an automatic thing to do no matter what nationality the bank note is .

[daffy654]

We used to use the money marker pen method, it doesn't work on Scottish notes.