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Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) wrote:
I find it useful (and frightening) to convert from decimal currency back to old-fashioned pounds, shillings and pence; a small bar of chocolate now costs twelve shillings (60p). Surely such conversions have very little use? Unless, of course, you're also converting your modern day wages into shillings. -- Simon Brighton ex-Westbury, ex-Aberystwyth |
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Charles Ellson wrote:
ITYF the USD is a universal black-market currency in countries where the economy has gone tits-up, possibly accompanied to a lesser degree by Sterling and Euros or any more local "trusted" foreign currency. I was under the impression that the Euro is beginning to usurp the dollar as currency of choice. Partly because of the state of the dollar value and partly because the Euro has a ?500 note. -- Simon Brighton ex-Westbury, ex-Aberystwyth |
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sweller wrote:
Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) wrote: I find it useful (and frightening) to convert from decimal currency back to old-fashioned pounds, shillings and pence; a small bar of chocolate now costs twelve shillings (60p). Surely such conversions have very little use? Unless, of course, you're also converting your modern day wages into shillings. That's exactly what I do from time to time. Bruce |
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"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
... On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:46:33 +0100, wrote: ITYF the USD is a universal black-market currency in countries where the economy has gone tits-up, possibly accompanied to a lesser degree by Sterling and Euros or any more local "trusted" foreign currency. Euros yes, but I do not think that sterling would be a universal black-market currency. I would also expect that rands would be the hard currency of choice in southern Africa, as a substantial part of the Zimbabwean population is in South Africa. |
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"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote in message
... wrote: If the notes are from Scotland and bear the word sterling then they are legal tender and I believe that retailers have to accept them. I have not had a problem receiving Scottish notes or paying with them, beyond the occasional odd look. I have, however, had problems with Northern Irish notes - even from places that don't give Scottish notes a second glance! Is that because there was that big bank heist aboiut 3 1/2 years ago? I remember seeing signs in pubs months afterwards that Northern Irish notes would not be accepted. |
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On 20/06/2008 at 22:32:47 (%mail)wrote: in
uk.railway " Richard Hunt" wrote in message ... The 500 euro note seems to have been designed for wealthy Germans to transport undeclared cash to and from their Luxembourg bank accounts. Luxembourg or Liechtenstein? Both probably, but I gave seen on German tv reports about mobile /Zoll/ (customs) patrols pulling over vehicles near the Luxembourg border and confiscating large amounts of euros and bearer bonds hidden in cars not registered in the area. Even, in one case, 30,000 euro stashed *inside* the spare tyre. Richard Hunt -- |
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When returning from an overseas tour with the RAF in the 1960s it was
quite common to find that the final pay parade prior to returning to the UK resulted in a handful of notes from the British Linen Bank, the Clydesdale Bank and sundry other obscure but perfectly legal outfits. The buffet bar on Swindon station (first port of call after RAF Lyneham) was remarkably knowledgeable in such financial matters. Bruce Similarly, I work in one of the main offices of a bank with head offices in England and Scotland, and the canteen are used to getting Scottish notes from visiting dignitaries who've come down from Glasgow for the day- they just keep them to one side for the bank to clear internally. The opposite effect was noted a couple of years ago on an Inverness-Kings Cross HST south of Newcastle, where (it being a Sunday) the only notes in the float on the catering trolley were Scottish. |
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:23:10 +0100, "Tim Roll-Pickering"
wrote: wrote: If the notes are from Scotland and bear the word sterling then they are legal tender and I believe that retailers have to accept them. I have not had a problem receiving Scottish notes or paying with them, beyond the occasional odd look. I have, however, had problems with Northern Irish notes - even from places that don't give Scottish notes a second glance! Not surprising, since NI notes are much, much rarer in England than Scottish notes. I occasionally see a Scottish note from a customer, but have never yet seen an NI one. |
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:14:36 +0200, Andrew Price
wrote: Wouldn't it have been easier to pay with a credit card, or even a cheque? This is often a difference between the UK and mainland Europe where credit cards are used a lot less. I can't even imagine a situation, other than perhaps buying a car privately[1], where I might consider dealing with that amount of cash. I'd pay by credit or debit card. [1] Actually, I once paid £7000 odd for a car from a dealership on a debit card. It just felt far too easy - just enter your PIN... (I did have to notify my bank beforehand to prevent it being flagged as suspicious, but other than that it was fine) Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply. |
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