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Bank of England notes in Northern Ireland

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  • 22-06-2010 5:58pm
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    cojomo2
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    I know that people often have trouble trying to use N.Ire notes in mainland U.K, but what about in N'Ire itself? Are both N'Ire notes and Bank of England notes accepted, or just N'Ire notes, since Bank of England notes are only legal tender in England and Wales?

    Thanks.


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    Toots
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    Both are accepted there. ''Queen's head'', as UK stg is also called, is accepted in mainland UK and Northern Ireland.


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    Richard
    Registered Users Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    cojomo2 wrote: »
    I know that people often have trouble trying to use N.Ire notes in mainland U.K, but what about in N'Ire itself? Are both N'Ire notes and Bank of England notes accepted, or just N'Ire notes, since Bank of England notes are only legal tender in England and Wales?

    Thanks.

    "Legal Tender" just means that if you owe someone money then they have to accept something which is Legal Tender.

    In Northern Ireland and Scotland, the only Legal Tender is coins - even the NI and Scottish Notes aren't legal tender, and neither are BoE notes.

    They are, of course, all Legal Currency, which is a different thing.

    In answer to your question, BoE, Scottish and NI notes are all accepted in NI.


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    ttm
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    Just bare in mind the old style English 20pound notes are no longer legal tender from the end of this month (30th June) Thats the one with a picture of Elgar on it.

    http://en.mercopress.com/2010/03/09/sir-edward-elgar-20-notes-out-of-circulation-from-june-30

    Edit> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/banking/7397202/Elgar-20-note-no-longer-legal-tender.html has a pic of the note that is going out of circulation


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    kah22
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    We even accept Euro here in the North :D


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    Din Taylor
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    Richard wrote: »
    "Legal Tender" just means that if you owe someone money then they have to accept something which is Legal Tender.

    In Northern Ireland and Scotland, the only Legal Tender is coins - even the NI and Scottish Notes aren't legal tender, and neither are BoE notes.

    They are, of course, all Legal Currency, which is a different thing.

    In answer to your question, BoE, Scottish and NI notes are all accepted in NI.
    Just about what I was going to say. In NI they'd accept just about anything.

    Annoys me to hear the Scots complaing about the English not accepting their "legal tender".


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    kah22
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    Din Taylor wrote: »
    Just about what I was going to say. In NI they'd accept just about anything.
    Ah, now that's a bit harsh :P


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