Can i spend scottish pounds in england

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Y es, you can — but it doesn't legally have to be accepted. Banknotes issued by all seven are legal currency and can be accepted throughout the UK. But it doesn't necessarily mean they will be. What currency were you thinking of using? Some places in England don't like Pounds printed by Scottish Banks, but most do.

We did get some english pounds from the bank and I was just hoping they would be accepted in Scotland. Thanks again. If you have trouble spending your Scottish pounds once you get back to England , look for a Royal Bank of Scotland RBS branch and take them in there to change but any bank should do. There are plenty of bank machines in and around Waverly train station.

I also found the simplest thing is to just use your banking card over the counter in shops so you don't even transfer cash. You will incur a small currency exchange fee for card transactions including ATM withdrawels.

The only problem you may encounter is if you try to spend a Scottish banknote in some parts of England although most of the larger places will be fine. All our notes are the same colour for the different denominations - you will see lots of different types as we do a lot of special ones to commemorate things and people. In Scotland we don't really notice whose bank the note comes from - we just look at the value The funny thing is, although we tend to get annoyed when English business don't accept Scottish notes, many businesses in Scotland can be just as bad when it comes to notes issued by the Northern Bank in Northern Ireland.

It's really sad. My wife has one and has just asked if she would have any problem at the local shop hence me on here. I have to say, I don't get it! What's wrong with English shopkeepers accepting these notes? Why shouldn't the Scots have their own currency pictorially celebrating their history, as also stated on here that ultimately sterling is controlled by the Bank of England.

Grow up shopkeepers - this is the UK, be proud! Kevin Wood, Scunthorpe, UK I am a scot who lives in England and occasionally find if I have a Scottish note it gets a funny look from more junior cashiers.

However it is rarely an issue in the pub. A polite clarification is usually enough to satisfy any query and I think these are mostly based on a lack of familiarity with scottish notes. Concerns over authenticity are also an issue as there are a few fakes about.

Danny, West Wittering UK I used to work holding a market stall back in my younger days and was told by the guy I worked for at the time that we couldn't accept Scottish notes, anyone who did would be paid in them and they'd have to get rid of them not easy in England or if they were counterfeit then it was your problem, you basically lost your wages. My only problem with Scottish notes would be just that - as I don't see them often I could not tell a genuine from a counterfeit!

Whilst a shopkeeper is under no obligation to take a particular form of payment this is to do with consumer law if they refuse to take as payment any form of sterling they would find they would have no redress as they had been offered payment.

Example would be when you come to pay for your food at the end of your meal. Unless the restaurant had made it clear to you prior to accepting your order that they would not take this form of payment then payment has been offered and a refusal to accept it would mean you eat for free as there is no further action they can take other than to accept payment. Finally it does not cost any more to bank Scottish money than it does English.

If you are being charged a fee you're getting ripped off! Cash is cash as long as its sterling! The reason is quite simple - I haven't seen one for years and I couldn't tell you whether it was a forgery or not. Being only 75 miles from France I am more familiar with the appearance of the euro. The only cash I had was Scottish Pound Notes. I remember the cashier saying he couldn't accept my Scottish money and me replying that it is Legal Tender.

Still the cashier insisted he wouldn't accept it. When I reminded him, that was all the money I had Credit cards were not the norm then he still insisted.