£50 notes

Evangelion said:
I remain perpetually bemused by the fact that people pay for everything in this country with £20 & £10 notes, cashiers reject £50 on the grounds that they might be fraudulent (?!), £5 notes are rarely used, and £100 notes don't even exist. So you've got a currency using different notes which are variously undersupplied and openly mistrusted. Gee, that's got to be a winner. :confused:

Don't even get me started on copper coins. :rolleyes:

Oh, and paper money is rubbish. My country uses polymer notes, and I love them.
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I do like Oz money it must be said. I've put them through the wash manytimes too :o :D

Doonhamer said:
They do.
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Only in Scottish banks and technically aren't legal tender and don't have to be recognised in the rest of the UK.
 
I won £750 in the casino last night while on a staff night out. Chick at the cashier asked if i wanted £50 or £100 notes. I asked for £100's but its like an A4 piece of paper and wont fit in my wallet
 
Freefaller said:
I do like Oz money it must be said. I've put them through the wash manytimes too :o :D
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I've done that. I've also ironed them. :eek:

I brought over a $5 note when I first came to the UK, and derived hours of harmless pleasure by inviting the locals to try and rip it.

Oh, the looks on their faces when they discovered that they couldn't even tear a corner with both hands... :D
 
Some ATMs on student campusses offer £5.

And as mentioned above, many places don't like accepting £50 because they're the most common fake note and they take a lot of change out of the till - we only have a few 20s and 10s kept in the tills at work.
 
MarcLister said:
So do they shrink in the wash? :D

I assume you must try not to put any red washing in with them either? :p
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LOL, they don't shrink in the wash, and the colours don't run. They are virtually indestructible; you actually need some serious equipment to damage them.

Or failing that, a good old fashioned ciggie lighter... ;)
 
Maccy said:
And as mentioned above, many places don't like accepting £50 because they're the most common fake note and they take a lot of change out of the till - we only have a few 20s and 10s kept in the tills at work.
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If they're the most common fake note, then why the **** doesn't the Mint get its act together and make one that's harder to counterfeit? :confused:

I mean, it's not exactly rocket science.
 
Evangelion said:
LOL, they don't shrink in the wash, and the colours don't run. They are virtually indestructible; you actually need some serious equipment to damage them.

Or failing that, a good old fashioned ciggie lighter... ;)
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:p

Evangelion said:
If they're the most common fake note, then why the **** doesn't the Mint get its act together and make one that's harder to counterfeit? :confused:

I mean, it's not exactly rocket science.
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No, its the Bank of England. :D
 
I still remember, my dad sold his car and the guy paid 14000 in 50's. My dad had to go to a meeting and thus told me to go and stick it in the account.

I walked into barclays, pulled out a brown envelope and handed it to the lady. She looked at me then looked inside and went off to get a manager, who proceeded to ask me where I had gotten this money (I was 17 at the time) :D

I felt like such a gangster with all the people at other windows looking at me like :eek: Some little kid even said look how rich that boy is!
 
We need the
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award. I sense we might have a winner. :)
 
Evangelion said:
If they're the most common fake note, then why the **** doesn't the Mint get its act together and make one that's harder to counterfeit? :confused:

I mean, it's not exactly rocket science.
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the fakes arent very good

its just that people arent expierienced in seeing 50s so dont know 100% vwhat theyre supposed to look/feel like
 
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