How Common Are Boe Sterling Notes In Scotland?

Well the pound note would be impossible, as apart from Scotland, the £1 note has gone out of circulation (from the mid 80's).

All stirling should be taken, regardless of country of origin, as the UK.. and in Scotland I have never had a problem with English note, the same as we over here in NI spend Scottish and English notes.

Basically, lots of issues, one currency, the pound (£)

From my own travels, I can say I've seen both Scottish and English banknotes peacefully coexisting in Scotland, but in Englandshire, I have never seen one Scottish banknote. Shops do accept them however. About Northern Ireland banknotes, I have once seen a Starbucks shop near Victoria train station refused to accept a 20 Pounds. And again, a Fish and Chips store in Tower hamlets also refused an Irish 5 Pounds bill. This was back in 2008.

I think some member in Scotland could do it. All non-Bank of england notes I have seen in Englandshire are pretty circulated. I've saved one for myself back when I was in Scotland but sorry unfortunately I do not have a double. Perhaps ebay is the only way for it.

Interesting ! I find BoE notes are very common in Scotland, and I have found that Scottish notes are accepted in the major cities in England no problem, then the smaller the towns, I have had the experience of where they have tried to say my Scottish £10 is only worth £9 !! and when you get into the rural parts of England they just laugh at you and think its funny money and wont accept !!


Just checked my wallet and heres what I have !

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I've had experience of English shops / bars not accepting our Northern Ireland notes, mostly in the south and south east - there tends to be no problem in the north. We tend not to get a huge amount of English notes here, but we do get a lot of Scottish and Isle of Man - it really just depends on what people bring back with them from a trip.

Northern Ireland and Scottish notes are promisary notes rather than legal tender but are still stirling. The difference in meaning is to do with the settlement of a debt - the Wiki page is quite good on this,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankno...und_sterling

Traders here have no problem accepting notes from anywhere as long as they are stirling - it really has all to do with "confidence" in that the note is worth is what it says it is.

About the only time eyebrows are raised here is when some one hands over an English £20 or £50 - because they are one of the more heavily forged notes and not that common.

Some of our notes are quite good - are relatively collectible because Northern Ireland is such a small country and the issues are not that huge, and we have four note issuing banks - more than England or Scotland too.