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Old May 26, 2012 | 6:51 am
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Originally Posted by ajax
Interestingly, I went to a Nat West in Skipton (I think it was Skipton - somewhere nearby anyway). I asked for a Scottish note and the manager refused to give any to me. He said that no bank in England was permitted to give its customers Scottish notes. Any that they got, they had to return to the issuing bank. Who knew?
I suppose makes sense, because England does have legal tender and they are not legal tender - only honoured promissary notes.
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