ccg Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 see http://www.forfardispatch.co.uk/news/local-headlines/unable_to_pay_fine_with_legal_tender_1_1928623 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 The funny thing is that if I remember correctly Scottish law only makes coins legal tender and not (private) banknotes. I think the guy should sue the court for lost time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almingbg Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Fighting against the system? Yeah right... I don't believe he's rich enough for sueing the court - it's like gambling, but the odds are bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Exactly the same when I get refused paying with Scottish banknotes here in England or trying to use a £50 outside of the South East. Admittedly the Scottish banknotes aren't legal tender outside of Scotland, but they should be in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Truth be known, Scottish banknotes are not legal tender anywhere. The only brief times they had any sort of legal status was during WWI and WWII, but with the return to normalcy they are mere promissory notes. In a similar vain in England up until the nationalisation of Bank of England in 1946, the BoE notes were not legal tender. The problem in Scotland is that indeed only coin are legal tender, but in amounts deemed to be "inconvenient" or a bother then the courts tend to side with their being a mere nuisance creation. Curiously in pre-Euro Europe Scottish notes traded at a bit of a premium over English notes, and both traded above Northern Ireland notes - the latter were exchanged at a discount vs. all other sterling notes. I believe the reason that the Scots notes traded at a premium was that they had more efficient means of clearing their notes coming in from say Paris than BoE did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 i used a northen ireland note once there is a cap on the denomination useage afaik, so you cant use a load of pennies etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 My understanding is that £1 coins are legal tender for any amount in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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