In message , at 17:40:44 on
Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Nobody remarked:
exchanging the US quarters for Green Back paper.

Any bank I approached, refused to accept the large numbers of coins as
I wasn't/we weren't a customer.

15 years ago I was given $100 bills by a clueless Bureau de Change, and
I couldn't find a bank in a large US city that would change them, even
when I enlisted the support of one of their customers! As a result I now
never accept notes larger than $20.
--
Roland Perry

In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message , at
17:40:44 on Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Nobody remarked:
exchanging the US quarters for Green Back paper.

Any bank I approached, refused to accept the large numbers of coins as
I wasn't/we weren't a customer.

15 years ago I was given $100 bills by a clueless Bureau de Change,
and I couldn't find a bank in a large US city that would change
them, even when I enlisted the support of one of their customers!
As a result I now never accept notes larger than $20.

Try the same trick with £50 notes here these days!

--
Colin Rosenstiel

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 17:40:44 on
Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Nobody remarked:
exchanging the US quarters for Green Back paper.

Any bank I approached, refused to accept the large numbers of coins as
I wasn't/we weren't a customer.

15 years ago I was given $100 bills by a clueless Bureau de Change, and I
couldn't find a bank in a large US city that would change them, even when
I enlisted the support of one of their customers! As a result I now never
accept notes larger than $20.
--
Roland Perry

And two out of every three US $100 bills are held outside the US :-)

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 17:40:44 on
Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Nobody remarked:
exchanging the US quarters for Green Back paper.

Any bank I approached, refused to accept the large numbers of coins as
I wasn't/we weren't a customer.

15 years ago I was given $100 bills by a clueless Bureau de Change, and
I couldn't find a bank in a large US city that would change them, even
when I enlisted the support of one of their customers! As a result I now
never accept notes larger than $20.

Most US retailers won't accept bills over $20, due to fears of
counterfeiting, which is why ATMs no longer give them out. I've never
had a problem getting a bank to accept $50 and $100 bills, though. They
may swipe them with a special pen, run them under a black light, or
check other security features, but they should take them.

If all else fails, find a casino. They'll be happy to change your $100
bills into chips, which you can then immediately trade back in for $20
bills.

S

"Stephen Sprunk" wrote in message
...

Most US retailers won't accept bills over $20, due to fears of
counterfeiting, which is why ATMs no longer give them out. I've never had
a problem getting a bank to accept $50 and $100 bills, though. They may
swipe them with a special pen, run them under a black light, or check
other security features, but they should take them.

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

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).

Peter

On Jun 20, 11:30*pm, "Peter Masson" wrote:
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).

I remember my economics teacher saying that about Scottish notes many
decades ago, but no one believed me when I repeated it. Given that
the claim wasn't clarified to me at the time I couldn't back it up
with an explanation. English people are convinced that Scottish notes
are legal tender.

I was in a pub near Kings Cross with someone with a Scottish accent
who lived in Leytonstone who was most miffed when they decided to dump
some Scottish notes in his change.

MIG wrote:
I was in a pub near Kings Cross with someone with a Scottish accent
who lived in Leytonstone who was most miffed when they decided to dump
some Scottish notes in his change.

When returning from an overseas tour with the RAF in the 1960s it was
quite common to find that the final pay parade prior to returning to the
UK resulted in a handful of notes from the British Linen Bank, the
Clydesdale Bank and sundry other obscure but perfectly legal outfits.
The buffet bar on Swindon station (first port of call after RAF Lyneham)
was remarkably knowledgeable in such financial matters.
Bruce

When returning from an overseas tour with the RAF in the 1960s it was
quite common to find that the final pay parade prior to returning to the
UK resulted in a handful of notes from the British Linen Bank, the
Clydesdale Bank and sundry other obscure but perfectly legal outfits.
The buffet bar on Swindon station (first port of call after RAF Lyneham)
was remarkably knowledgeable in such financial matters.
Bruce

Similarly, I work in one of the main offices of a bank with head
offices in England and Scotland, and the canteen are used to getting
Scottish notes from visiting dignitaries who've come down from Glasgow
for the day- they just keep them to one side for the bank to clear
internally. The opposite effect was noted a couple of years ago on an
Inverness-Kings Cross HST south of Newcastle, where (it being a
Sunday) the only notes in the float on the catering trolley were
Scottish.

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:48:56 -0700 (PDT), MIG
wrote:

On Jun 20, 11:30*pm, "Peter Masson" wrote:
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).

I remember my economics teacher saying that about Scottish notes many
decades ago, but no one believed me when I repeated it. Given that
the claim wasn't clarified to me at the time I couldn't back it up
with an explanation. English people are convinced that Scottish notes
are legal tender.

According to Yahoo Answers, Scottish notes were legal tender from
1939-1946 under the Currency (Defence) Act 1939.

I was in a pub near Kings Cross with someone with a Scottish accent
who lived in Leytonstone who was most miffed when they decided to dump
some Scottish notes in his change.

He would have been even more miffed if the publican didn't give him
any change at all, there being no general obligation to do so.