julie242
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english money will be fine, but you might get scottish notes or coins in your change |
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Monkey Harris
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Good grief! Scotts, do you really want somebody as daft as this to visit you? |
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search4travelwebsites
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You are able to use both currencies in Scotland, as they are exactly the same, just different designs.
You may find problems if you are using Scottish notes in England as they are not seen that frequently and some store staff and shop keepers are apprehensive to take the notes. So try and use the notes (Scottish) up in Scotland. |
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Felidae
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You can take your English currency. |
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lyrapullman
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Yes English currency is fine. Though after your weekend in Glasgow change any scottish currency at the bank as not many places down in England will now accept it. My grandson who lives in England found this out much to his dismay. |
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Andy M
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English banknotes are legal tender in Scotland, and vice versa.
Coinage is common between both countries, so no problem whatsoever. |
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Natty-Lea
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It's okay to use English currency. Scotland is still in the UK as far as I know. lol ;-) |
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Penfold
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You can use English money in Scotland but you'll need to change Scottish money back into English money. A lot of places in England won't accept Scottish money - the ones that will usually have some sort of presence in Scotland and so can recirculate the money.
(On a separate but related note, Scottish money is not legal tender anywhere in the UK. They are only accepted in Scotland because of bilateral agreements between the retail banks.) |
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Little C
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english money is fine in scotland but some english people are fussy about scottish money! |
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Purple
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To clarify for you.
English and Scottish bank notes are the same currency (pounds sterling). You can use either in either country.
In some small towns in England they sometimes give you a hard time using English bank notes which is just silly.
The reason why Scotland has different notes is because they are printed by Scottish banks as opposed to England where English banks print their notes.
Hope you are all clear on this one now. |
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red lyn
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English is fine and is excepted |
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kezz
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you can take english but will get scottish change but dont worry because you can also spend scottish in england ,ive had no problems.have a great time ,glasgow is fantastic |
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Junisai
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Yes, bejman is right - Scottish notes are in fact not legal tender in Scotland itself. In Scotland, earlier legislation restricted legal tender status to Bank of England one pound notes. When these were withdrawn, in 1983, the legislation was not amended, so actually Scotland has no legal tender bank notes at all!
You can use English money in Scotland. Scottish money is accepted in major retailer chains, hotels etc in England without any problems - I've only ever been refused by foreign temp cashiers who've never seen Scottish money before. You can go to a bank or post office and just ask them to swap Scottish notes to English notes - you don't need to specifically use the Bureau Exchange services (though the queue is usually much shorter!) |
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flips
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scotland is in the UK.... it's the same currency ! Sterling! |
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twinkle
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it's fine for you to use your english money up here...it's just that we're not allowed to use out scottish notes down there!!Double standards really but that's life i guess! |
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We take English and also Ulster notes too. Though in Glasgow they'll take your phone and jewellery into the bargain. If you know what I mean? I've noticed in England and Wales the look of puzzlement when you hand over a scottish note. It's laughable! "Sorry, I don't think I can take that!" As if a Scotsman with scottish money is something questionable!!! pfff! |
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The Scots will take anything |
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nev
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Stuff Glasgow!
Come to Edinburgh, it's only 40 miles away and there's so much more to see! |
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jan s
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No english notes and one pound coins are readily used in Glasgow. |
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Robert
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Just use normal English money as it's still part of the British Isles despite the Scots say about devolution. You may get some funny money back in return though. |
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The Indigo Cobra
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i think it's the euro over there. |
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