On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:55:16 +0100, wrote:

"Peter Masson" wrote in message
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wrote

Will English and Welsh retailers accept Scottish 100-pound notes?

Small retailers, except perhaps in Carlisle, Berwick, or Newcastle,
wouldn't
see one in a month of Sundays - and many small English and Welsh retailers
won't accept any Scottish notes. After all, they are not legal tender,
even
in Scotland. For that matter, Bank of England notes aren't legal tender in
Scotland (though legal tender has a narrow technical meaning).

If the notes are from Scotland and bear the word sterling then they are
legal tender and I believe that retailers have to accept them. I have not
had a problem receiving Scottish notes or paying with them, beyond the
occasional odd look.

As for Scottish notes in Newcastle, I think for comparison that it is not
uncommon to see Manx coins in Liverpool. Those are actually not legal
tender, however, as they are not from the United Kingdom. But my bank does
accept Manx and Channel Island banknotes for deposit.

Scottish notes aren't "legal tender" in Scotland never mind England
but that status has no general practical application in Scotland where
a claim that a debt has not been discharged because Scottish notes
have been offered has AFAIAA never succeeded in recent years.