Friday, March 20. 2009

Love me tender

Photo: Cat sitting on union flag
I bet you thought they made stuff up for Yes, Minister.
«Scottish notes are not legal tender anywhere in the UK, including Scotland where only the coins are legal tender. […] The Currency and Bank Notes Act 1954 defined Bank of England notes of less than £5 in value as legal tender in Scotland. Since the English £1 note was removed from circulation in 1988, this leaves a legal curiosity in Scots law whereby there is no paper legal tender in Scotland.»

«The United Kingdom legislation that introduced the 1 pound coin left no United Kingdom-wide legal tender banknote.»
—Wikipedia
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*I think I still have a Scottish one quid note somewhere, but I'm reluctant to scan it for the article, for what may be obvious reasons.

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