On Jul 26, 9:03*am, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Jul 25, 4:21*pm, Mizter T wrote:

On Jul 25, 2:55*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:36:26 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:

A friend has been given quite a lot of Euro coinage that all adds up
to a fair amount whack (n.b. this is not a result of either money
laundering nor theft!), and was pondering on how he might be able to
spend it in London - he's not planning on travelling to Euroland for
some time to come (having just returned from an extended escapade),
and anyway likes to travel light.

Now I've got some vague notion that LU might accept Euros at one or
two central London stations, such as KXSP. I can't however find any
mention of this on the TfL website, and even if it was the case I can
imagine it might be notes only and not coins. Does anyone know
anything more than that?

Yes Euros are accepted at a small number of LU stations. I will need to
do a little digging tomorrow to see how it works and then report back..

Thanks Paul - I thought they were, but was a bit surprised that this
doesn't get a mention anywhere on the TfL website. Though perhaps not
promoting it is a good idea as it stops people relying upon it.

The crucial thing in this case is of course whether or not they take
coins as opposed to just notes - don't worry, if they did he wouldn't
take the mickey and turn up with loads at once, and he's not trying to
shift anything lower than the 50 cents coins either.

The stations accepting Euros are as per Robin Mayes' list.

Only Euro notes - up to 100 Euros in total - are accepted. Valid notes
are 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 Euros.

No euro coins are accepted. No mixed euro and sterling currency is
accepted. Change is given in sterling. *The applicable exchange rate
should be shown at the ticket office window and elsewhere in the
ticket hall.


A belated thank you for this information - ultimately not at all
surprised to find that Euro coinage is not accepted, only Euro notes -
I imagine the cost and hassle factor basically rules it out, and
acceptance of foreign coinage just isn't a done thing.

I remain a little curious as to whether Euro coins can actually be
spent anywhere in London - as I was passing by, I went and asked in
the McDonald's on Marble Arch whether they accepted Euros, and it
seems they don't even accept notes there (I actually brandished a
EUR10 note as a prop when asking this - it's been sat in my wallet
since I found it in a paperback I was lent recently, seemingly it was
in use as a bookmark!) - I couldn't see anything on the menus at the
counter about the acceptance of Euros either (though by the looks of
it they're falling very backwards in their willingness to accept cards
these days).

I didn't go to the nearby flagship M&S however - I'll try and remember
to ask at the till the next time I'm there actually buying something
though!

Anyhow the aforementioned friend with all the loot has successfully
managed to offload nearly all of it to someone he managed to find
who's off to France in their car soon, so he spent a fun Sunday
morning counting and bagging it all up - not sure what exchange rate
they agreed on but it was apparently quite mutually acceptable, though
as part of the exchange he was given a few £50 notes which aren't
always that easy to spend either - well, the corner shop apparently
simply wouldn't take it, and going full circle, guess what he wanted
to spend it on there - yes, a top-up of his Oyster card!