scottish bills

[bungey]

i read somewhere that i could sue if a vendor refused to accept my scottish banknote does any body know if this is true

[Loosehead]

A vendor does not even have to serve you and they do not have to give a reason so I would say that it sounds like a load of bovine guano to me!

[Didwot]

A Scottish bank note is not legal tender, so no one has to accept it.

[stevie21]

You can't sue so that's not true. No vendor is obliged to even serve you in the first place - it's at their discretion. Even if you've eaten in a restaurant and then owe the money, they can refuse Scotch notes if they're not happy with them.

Notes (Scottish or English) are so widely available that they're an accepted form of exchange but merchants aren't legally obliged to accept them.

[THECORBYLOON]

From memory, the only legal tender notes in Scotland were ones issued by the Bank of England and less than �5 so following their withdrawal of the �1 note, there are no legal tender banknotes in Scotland.