Bank of Ireland £5 bank note

[Paul Narramore]

Last night my son home on leave from Northern Ireland gave me a Bank of Ireland (Belfast) £5 bank note we he assured me should be acceptable in the local off licence. Well they refused to accept this. Is this legal currency in England, and if it is, do Unwins have a right to refuse it?

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

I pay Steptoe in plastic all the time

 

[nadeem]

Legal UK Currency will say Pounds Sterling on it and they can't refuse it - ask any Scotsman / Irishman the hassle they have when in England - someone always feckin' refuses...sayin' that I've been asked for my passport in a B'ham hotel because the mad bint at reception thought as a Scot I was an International Visitor...

 

[Paul Narramore]

Thanks Nadeem, I think I'll email Unwins Head Office and see what their response is - it DOES say 'Five Pounds Sterling' .

 

[Steve]

Legal UK Currency will say Pounds Sterling on it and they can't refuse it -

The Bank of England thinks differently....

"Are Scottish & Irish notes legal tender?
In short ‘No’ these notes are not legal tender; only Bank of England notes are legal tender but only in England and Wales.
The term legal tender does not in itself govern the acceptability of banknotes in transactions. Whether or not notes have legal tender status, their acceptability as a means of payment is essentially a matter for agreement between the parties involved. Legal tender has a very narrow technical meaning in relation to the settlement of debt. If a debtor pays in legal tender the exact amount he owes under the terms of a contract, he has good defence in law if he is subsequently sued for non-payment of the debt. In ordinary everyday transactions, the term ‘legal tender’ has very little practical application."

In other words, it's at the discretion of the recipient whether or not he decides to accept the note.

 

[unshift]

usual response in England from cabbies and small traders -

if it aint got the Queens head on it ....

 

[Paul Narramore]

How interesting, and confusing. I've just got off the phone having spoken to the Complaints Dept at Unwins Head Office in Dartford. After explaining what had happened, she checked up and decided that my note IS LEGAL TENDER. She apologised and will contact the local branch and get them to accept it in future.

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

do what i do...say i got nothing else after i've bought something...better if has been a consumable like food or drink

what are they gonna do ...too much hassle better to take the thing

 

[blobbs]

I do the same . I think you could ask them if they are "racially discriminating" against you for being Northern Irish.(Isn't dual nationallity great sometimes ) Most english people don't differentiate between Northern and Southern ireland.

That should make them think

 

[Smartbazza]

legality

Yep Paul,

All our local notes in pounds sterling give us grief in Great Britain. Scotland isn't usually a problem.

As Steve says it is a sterling note but as with any note it can be accepted / rejected at their discretion.

Due as the tuned says - pass it on after eating yer dinner and say you've nothing else. harhar.

 

[Ogmios]

render unto Caesar

in that grand metropolis...Milton Keynes my wife had the same problem (and as already said, we over here, ALWAYS have this problem with Norn Iron notes) ANYhow - her tactic was to say "i have made offer of payment with legal tender - if you dont want it, thats fine, i'm leaving the shop now WITH the goods i have offered to pay for....you dont want it - thats fine - call the cops if you like - i have complied with my legal requirement, i.e; i have offered to pay. not my problem if you wont accept it "

it works
Og.
now if you just used €uros like the rest of of - there'd be no problems

 

[judge]

I pay Steptoe in plastic all the time

I got some of that monopoly currency off tooned for some Autocom stuff and I palmed it off to the Post Office as soon as I received it.

It seems to be a Scottish and Northern Irish thing to load us 'tourists up with the hassle of this stuff as pay back for the grief they get for pretending there is some sort of State thing going on

 

[Wizard]

I pay Steptoe in plastic all the time

They're made out of polymer, not plastic. FFS get your chemical compositions right!

All banknotes are "promisary notes", and have feck all value unless the person you're handing them to is happy to accept them. If they want pigs, then you have to pay pigs!

 

[G.C.]

I get Irish notes in my tills regularly, I’ll even accept Euro’s, my exchange rate is crap though
I’m not fussy Ill take your money anyway I can get it.

If I have a problem spending my Scottish Sterling south of the border then I take my business elsewhere.

G C

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

They're made out of polymer, not plastic. FFS get your chemical compositions right!

All banknotes are "promisary notes", and have feck all value unless the person you're handing them to is happy to accept them. If they want pigs, then you have to pay pigs!

I did know that...this is the site i got the pic from

http://www.polymernotes.org/country_pages/NIR.htm

 

[Wizard]

I did know that...this is the site i got the pic from

http://www.polymernotes.org/country_pages/NIR.htm

Ah right. Is that like when Dubya knew where Poland was?

 

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[Wizard]

Australia was the first country to have all polymer banknotes, but the rest of the world is starting to follow our lead.

And a damn good lead it was. Pity our only polymer was printed for allthe wrong reasons and we'll never get another one because of it.

NPA? Mickey Mouse