money in sheffield

opstrat · 28 Jan 2011 at 20:34

evnin all.

im hoping to get a quick answer here as im leaving in the morning.
im from Glasgow going to Sheffield for the weekend. just getting the back packed and the money to pay hotel and drink etc. when i realised that they are all Scottish notes. are we still in the dark ages where our "monopoly" money is not accepted?

cheers.

Parmesan · 28 Jan 2011 at 20:36

I was down south a few months back and didnt have any problems with scottish notes.... If your that fussed pop into a bank and ask to get them changed

Just to let you know I was no where near Sheffield, so the use of scottish notes may still result in a public flogging or possibly a hanging

Defcon5 · 28 Jan 2011 at 20:37

They will tie you to a stake and burn you if you try and spend it down there

Viper² · 28 Jan 2011 at 20:38

Everywhere else it is completely fine to use Scottish notes but in Sheffield it is punishable by death.

Podmonkey · 28 Jan 2011 at 20:39

We dont take kindly to strangers down here.....

Ahleckz · 28 Jan 2011 at 20:39

Some smaller shops, in small villages can be a bit off about them but you'll generally be fine in big cities. As long as they aren't £100 notes...

"andy" · 28 Jan 2011 at 20:40

they will look at you asthough you are a piece of dirt !

G18241 · 28 Jan 2011 at 20:41

Used to take them in the bookies i used to work in...if not just go to a bank and get them changed?

.Kencs · 28 Jan 2011 at 20:54

They take scottish notes as far as im aware. I use to work in a bookies in Nottingham and we took Scottish notes so I dont see why Sheffield wouldn't...

coopersim · 28 Jan 2011 at 20:58

Best to get to a bank in the morning and get them changed, I can't find anywhere near Sheffield that accepts them!

Mr-White · 28 Jan 2011 at 21:21

Podmonkey said:
We dont take kindly to strangers down here.....

wow and that's coming from someone practically on the Scottish border :eek:

MW

Curio · 28 Jan 2011 at 21:26

Awww, we let Scotland have its own money? That's cute

Mr-White · 28 Jan 2011 at 21:32

Curio said:
Awww, we let Scotland have its own money? That's cute

it's like giving a kid pocket money

MW

J-FRO · 28 Jan 2011 at 21:34

from about 1minute.

w3bbo · 28 Jan 2011 at 21:41

Legal Tender lol!

Josh107 · 28 Jan 2011 at 21:41

I'm pretty close to Sheffield and we usually take them. Our place operates a policy that if you take 'funny money' it goes in your wage packet though so I'm always hesitant to accept.

Would probably be easier just to get them changed tbh.

j.col · 28 Jan 2011 at 21:50

there are legal tender, so they should be accepted.

in my expierence with Scottish or Northern Irish currency, in city centres, big towns, etc... you will be ok.

in smaller back street shops, these can be hit and miss.

it might be easier to pop into a bank and change the money.
i know its too late now, but if you left the money in your bank, and then withdrew the cash from a cashpoint, you would have got english money

Liamalxd · 28 Jan 2011 at 21:51

Viper² said:
Everywhere else it is completely fine to use Scottish notes but in Sheffield it is punishable by death.

AGREED, im from sheffield. ENGLISH STERLING or else... of course nobody actually says that.

whitecrook · 28 Jan 2011 at 21:53

They aren't legal tender. Can people stop saying this. In fact I think that NO banknote is legal tender.

Anyway OP you'll be fine. Most folk don't have a problem.

Snograt · 28 Jan 2011 at 22:17

Wikipedia:Legal Tender said:
England and WalesSee also: Banknotes of the pound sterling
Bank of England notes are the only banknotes that are legal tender in England and Wales and are issued in the amounts of £5, £10, £20 and £50. United Kingdom coinage is legal tender, but in limited amounts for coins below £1—for example, a creditor is not obliged to accept payment of a substantial debt in one-penny coins.[14][15]

English banknotes can always be redeemed at the Bank of England even if discontinued and not legal tender. Out-of-date banknotes, and sterling notes issued by banks in Scotland, are often accepted in payment.

[edit] Scotland and Northern IrelandScottish and Northern Irish bank notes are issued by retail banks rather than a national central bank, and as such are technically promissory notes rather than legal tender. Furthermore, Bank of England notes are legal tender only within England and Wales and therefore also have the legal status of promissory notes in Scotland and Northern Ireland. However, general agreement between banks within the United Kingdom is to treat all notes as legal tender. (See British bank notes.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender

In a nutshell, English notes are legal tender in England and Wales, whereas Scottish and Northern Irish are not. Note the bit about the banks' "general agreement" though.