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No.
The dons earlier confirmed it's a 2 day suspension.
*whistle*
What happens to money when the Queen stands down?
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No.
The dons earlier confirmed it's a 2 day suspension.
*whistle*
Paper bank notes are short lived, Polymer ( Aussie etc ) bank notes on the other hand have quite the life span.
Because its not really necessary?
I don't know many people who carry around such sums of money regularly.
The move is towards completely electronic payment these days anyway
They don't care if they have that much in their wallet as they never put their hands in their pocket anyway.
*runs*
Is this thread serious? What a stupid question.
You do realise most of our currency portrays dead/inactive people, right?
And the US dollar bill has a dead President on it?
Jesus H Christ. Some of these threads.
You do realise most of our currency portrays dead/inactive people, right?
And the US dollar bill has a dead President on it?
Jesus H Christ. Some of these threads.
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Yeah, how stupid is this, it's like there's one person who is on every single note or coin we use or something stupid like that.
The Queen is on all of our banknotes and coins...
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One reason not to have higher denominations is it's easier to transport and store stolen/forged cash when it's in higher denominations. Admittedly 100 isn't that high, but you have to draw the line somewhere. I'm guessing that there aren't that many Scottish £100 notes that it would be a problem.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8678886.stm
Look on the other side. Is that note invalid because Darwin is dead?
Every single US dollar bill has a dead President on it.
Money doesn't change because the person is alive or dead.
It'll just be redesigned and minted anew and slowly phased out.
It's a stupid question.
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Chance are they've got new designs for coins and notes ready to roll already - if they haven't got a load of storage waiting already.
Realistically the Queen wont be around for much longer so they've probably made arrangements already.
Realistically the Queen wont be around for much longer so they've probably made arrangements already.
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Scottish bank notes are legal currency. Bet you £100.
I'll take that bet......so long as it's not a Scottish £100
But not legal tender
Dagnabbit, that was supposed to earn me 5 score!
Legal tender is a pretty useless term though, it doesn't mean anything in practical terms.
It isn't a stupid question at all. Especially if you are not old enough to remember coins with George VI on them still circulating. All current legal tender notes have the Queen's portrait on them so asking if this will remain when the Queen dies is not at all stupid. Comparing our currency to US currency is irrelevant as US currency does not have a reigning monarch/head of state on it.