£10 note, ripped?

singist · 28 May 2009 at 07:25

See here for damaged/mutilated notes: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/damaged_banknotes.htm

As for paying out in gold; read here: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/about/history.htm

GreatAuk · 28 May 2009 at 14:14

I get around said:
It's legal tender, it's got nothing to do with caring about it.

but just because something is legal tender doesn't mean shops accept it. Where I live, about half of the shops don't seem to take scottish money despite the fact it is legal tender in the UK.

Tony Williams · 28 May 2009 at 15:32

Cheers for the info guys. I took it in to my bank today with some other money. The £10 was taped and they didn't even notice.

taB · 28 May 2009 at 15:42

Redz said:
take it to the bank of england and claim your £10 worth of gold bullion

Could be a bit tricky since Gordo pawned it all.

taB · 28 May 2009 at 15:47

GreatAuk said:
but just because something is legal tender doesn't mean shops accept it. Where I live, about half of the shops don't seem to take scottish money despite the fact it is legal tender in the UK.

Personally I'm up on my Clydesdale et al. notes but the reason is because a significant proportion of fake notes in circulation are Scottish and most people in England won't see the Scottish notes on a regular enough basis to be able to distinguish a fake one from a real one. It's easier just to tell your staff en mass not to accept them.

markop2003 · 28 May 2009 at 16:14

They'll acept it but it's illegal to destroy currency so you may have bigger problems...

H0ax! · 28 May 2009 at 16:26

It's legal tender, it's got nothing to do with caring about it.
I'm a part time supermarket worker unfortunately, student life aint free, and I check all the notes to make sure they're real, i can check a note without even looking at it.

so am i (part time worker/student), and couldn't really care what goes in my till... everyones different and i reckon some corner shops would probably kick up a fuzz about it imo...

slightly off topic... i see a lot more fake pound coins then i do notes!

Amp34 · 28 May 2009 at 16:27

GreatAuk said:
but just because something is legal tender doesn't mean shops accept it. Where I live, about half of the shops don't seem to take scottish money despite the fact it is legal tender in the UK.

From what I understand they have to accept it (coins for a certain amount but notes anything). However scottish notes arent legal tender in the strict sense, which is why a lot of places don't accept it (scottish notes are essentially someone (the bank) writing their own notes).