Skippy71 wrote:
Ohhh Look no one has jumped on the political band wagon and demanded a UK currency yet?
BTW Thanks to the over the border guys I feel far better acception "foreign" currency now - the same way you do accepting our play money! One currency would be far easier.
There IS a single currency (pounds sterling), the issue is about the legitimacy of methods of paying for things.
The most acceptable method for day-to-day transactions is a Bank of England note, which will be accepted the country over, but some people have problems with Scottish notes.
The issue is not about having a single currency, it's about whether people accept various methods of payment, and how trustworthy they think they are.
It's said that a Scottish note is a bit like a cheque, ie there's nothing illegal about it, but there's a chance it may not be honoured or that it may be illegitimate in some way.
The problem with a Scottish banknote is not that it won't be honoured (because the banks are highly likely to go bust) but that other people won't accept it as legitimate or that it may be a dud.
Banks, POs etc know the score, that's why they generally don't have a problem with them.
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P.S Do not accept an english one if the Queen is smiling on the watermark 
