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Basil Jet[_2_] · August 11th 10, 04:30 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2010\08\11 17:17, Mike Bristow wrote:
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d wrote:
I doubt anyone could spot a good forgery of a bank of england note without
specialist equipment these days. Certainly not simply by "fondling" it for
2 seconds.

It wouldn't have to be a good forgery of a scottish note. I reckon
you can design your own series of notes from a fictional scottish
bank (say, the Royal Edinburgh Bank) and a fair portion of English
folk wouldn't be able to tell you it's a fake.

And that's exactly why many retailers will be unhappy accepting the
notes.

With BoE notes, it at least has to look like a BoE note!

The BoE notes also have safety features such as foil on the surface,
ultraviolet labelling etc which the Scottish notes don't have, making
Scottish notes easier to counterfeit. There is little point in the BoE
introducing these features if shops were legally required to accept
Scottish notes that don't have them.