"sweller" wrote in message
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wrote:

The Channel Islands still have one-pound notes in regular circulation,
incidentally. I refer to both Guernsey and Jersey.

So does the Isle of Man - I got a couple in change when I was there for
the TT this year.

Really? I was under the impression that they had been completely replaced
with pound coins, because I never saw or received any in change when I
visited.

What about other dependencies or colonies that have their currency pegged to
the pound sterling?

On 14 Jun, 21:08, wrote:
"sweller" wrote in message

... wrote:

The Channel Islands still have one-pound notes in regular circulation,
incidentally. I refer to both Guernsey and Jersey.

So does the Isle of Man - I got a couple in change when I was there for
the TT this year.

Really? I was under the impression that they had been completely replaced
with pound coins, because I never saw or received any in change when I
visited.

What about other dependencies or colonies that have their currency pegged to
the pound sterling?

Neither dependent nor colonised but we in Scotland still have pound
notes (issued by private banks).

"Stephen Allcroft" wrote

Neither dependent nor colonised but we in Scotland still have pound
notes (issued by private banks).

Only the Royal Bank of Scotland still issues one pound notes, though all
three Scottish banks issue GBP100 notes, which is more than the Bank of
England does. The Scottish banks have to have their banknotes backed by Bank
of England notes, and for this purpose the Bank of England has issued notes
for GBP1 million and GBP100 million.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...ther_notes.htm

Peter

On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:02:36 +0100, "Peter Masson"
wrote:


"Stephen Allcroft" wrote

Neither dependent nor colonised but we in Scotland still have pound
notes (issued by private banks).

Only the Royal Bank of Scotland still issues one pound notes, though all
three Scottish banks issue GBP100 notes, which is more than the Bank of
England does.

Really? When did they stop? They certainly used to issue a £100 note.

"James Farrar" wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:02:36 +0100, "Peter Masson"
wrote:


"Stephen Allcroft" wrote

Neither dependent nor colonised but we in Scotland still have pound
notes (issued by private banks).

Only the Royal Bank of Scotland still issues one pound notes, though all
three Scottish banks issue GBP100 notes, which is more than the Bank of
England does.

Really? When did they stop? They certainly used to issue a £100 note.

Last issued in 1943. Ceased to be legal tender in 1945.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...uide/index.htm

Peter

"Peter Masson" wrote in message
...

"Stephen Allcroft" wrote

Neither dependent nor colonised but we in Scotland still have pound
notes (issued by private banks).

Only the Royal Bank of Scotland still issues one pound notes, though all
three Scottish banks issue GBP100 notes, which is more than the Bank of
England does. The Scottish banks have to have their banknotes backed by
Bank
of England notes, and for this purpose the Bank of England has issued
notes
for GBP1 million and GBP100 million.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...ther_notes.htm

???

The highest denomination banknote that I have ever seen issued was for
$100,000, bearing the portrait of late US president Woodrow Wilson.

But that was actually for a substantial amount. I am not counting banknotes
from Yugoslavia, for example, which had a 1 billion-dinar note, due because
of hyper inflation.

Speaking of the BoE's Website, is there a tentative schedule for when other
F series banknotes are to be introduced? I also seem to recall that there
are coins with completely different reverses for all denominations starting
from this year.

wrote in message
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"Peter Masson" wrote
The Scottish banks have to have their banknotes backed by Bank
of England notes, and for this purpose the Bank of England has issued
notes for GBP1 million and GBP100 million.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...ther_notes.htm

???

The highest denomination banknote that I have ever seen issued was for
$100,000, bearing the portrait of late US president Woodrow Wilson.

But that was actually for a substantial amount. I am not counting
banknotes
from Yugoslavia, for example, which had a 1 billion-dinar note, due
because
of hyper inflation.

It's mentioned on this page.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...ther_notes.htm
I like the point that the GBP1 million and GBP100 million notes are 'not for
general circulation.'

Peter

The Scottish banks have to have their banknotes backed by Bank
of England notes, and for this purpose the Bank of England has
issued notes for GBP1 million and GBP100 million.

The highest denomination banknote that I have ever seen issued was for
$100,000, bearing the portrait of late US president Woodrow Wilson.

It's mentioned on this page.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...ther_notes.htm
I like the point that the GBP1 million and GBP100 million notes are
'not for general circulation.'

Neither were the $100,000 US ones. The largest US denomination for
general circulation is the $10,000, last issued around 1944 (but still
valid if you have any, as the US does not demonetize old issues).
The highest denomination still printed in the US dropped again around
1969 from $1,000 to $100, and Canada copied that move in about 2000,
in both cases on the grounds that criminals would be inconvenienced
and most other people would not.

ObRail: a few years ago in Switzerland I had the pleasure of buying
a train ticket that cost something like 130 francs and paying for it
by inserting cash into the ticket machine *including a 100-franc note,
worth over 40 pounds*. The 200-franc denomination was in common use
as well, and I daresay the machine would have accepted that too if my
ticket had been expensive enough.
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Toronto | as someone who wrote poetry that mentioned the el."
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"Mark Brader" wrote in message
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Neither were the $100,000 US ones. The largest US denomination for
general circulation is the $10,000, last issued around 1944 (but still
valid if you have any, as the US does not demonetize old issues).
The highest denomination still printed in the US dropped again around
1969 from $1,000 to $100, and Canada copied that move in about 2000,
in both cases on the grounds that criminals would be inconvenienced
and most other people would not.

It seems that people and businesses feel a bit uneasy about the 500-euro
note, as if it has some sort of stigma attached to it.

ObRail: a few years ago in Switzerland I had the pleasure of buying
a train ticket that cost something like 130 francs and paying for it
by inserting cash into the ticket machine *including a 100-franc note,
worth over 40 pounds*. The 200-franc denomination was in common use
as well, and I daresay the machine would have accepted that too if my
ticket had been expensive enough.

I notice that in Amsterdam, GVB does not accept 50-euro notes.

In article , (Mark
Brader) wrote:

ObRail: a few years ago in Switzerland I had the pleasure of buying
a train ticket that cost something like 130 francs and paying for it
by inserting cash into the ticket machine *including a 100-franc note,
worth over 40 pounds*. The 200-franc denomination was in common use
as well, and I daresay the machine would have accepted that too if my
ticket had been expensive enough.

I've handled a SFr 1000 note more than once.

--
Colin Rosenstiel