northern irish banknotes
May 16th 2011, 12:28 pm
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northern irish banknotes
Hi all, my daughter is currently in Thailand, travelling on to Oz in 3 weeks. She has taken a considerable amount of her money in cash, northern irish banknotes, now she has discovered that no where will accept them for exchange. Will this be the case in Australia and has anyone else encountered this. Thanks.
May 16th 2011, 1:19 pm
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I would imagine yes.
from personal experience they were not even accepted in England
from personal experience they were not even accepted in England
May 17th 2011, 12:59 am
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May 17th 2011, 1:06 am
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Northern Bank proceeds still floating about. 
May 17th 2011, 1:10 am
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NI, and Scottish banknotes are not legal tender, not even in NI and Scotland - they are promissory notes, let alone outside the UK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknot...rthern_Ireland
May 17th 2011, 2:16 am
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Re: northern irish banknotes
Hi all, my daughter is currently in Thailand, travelling on to Oz in 3 weeks. She has taken a considerable amount of her money in cash, northern irish banknotes, now she has discovered that no where will accept them for exchange. Will this be the case in Australia and has anyone else encountered this. Thanks.
May 17th 2011, 2:56 am
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And who travels with "considerable amount of cash" on them? 
At least a thief will struggle to convert it.
At least a thief will struggle to convert it.
May 17th 2011, 6:38 am
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May 17th 2011, 11:35 am
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I'll exchange them for 10 pence to the Pound for Bank of England notes.
May 17th 2011, 5:30 pm
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Sorry to say this but that is unbelievably dumb.
NI, and Scottish banknotes are not legal tender, not even in NI and Scotland - they are promissory notes, let alone outside the UK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknot...rthern_Ireland
NI, and Scottish banknotes are not legal tender, not even in NI and Scotland - they are promissory notes, let alone outside the UK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknot...rthern_Ireland
May 17th 2011, 5:33 pm
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Yeah thanks for your supportive comments, maybe some day your child will go off travelling and you will ask a simple question and someone can give you an equally unhelpful answer.
May 17th 2011, 6:27 pm
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You could try a branch of Hsbc (the worlds local bank) in Oz.
I managed to get a number of scottish notes changed in Mexico (Puerto Vallarta) about 15 years ago with little trouble.
The bank did look at them a bit funny, but then brought out a large bound book with samples of most currencies and identified them that way.
I didn't get the full value though, from memory it was 90p in the pound.
I managed to get a number of scottish notes changed in Mexico (Puerto Vallarta) about 15 years ago with little trouble.
The bank did look at them a bit funny, but then brought out a large bound book with samples of most currencies and identified them that way.
I didn't get the full value though, from memory it was 90p in the pound.
May 17th 2011, 8:42 pm
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You could try a branch of Hsbc (the worlds local bank) in Oz.
I managed to get a number of scottish notes changed in Mexico (Puerto Vallarta) about 15 years ago with little trouble.
The bank did look at them a bit funny, but then brought out a large bound book with samples of most currencies and identified them that way.
I didn't get the full value though, from memory it was 90p in the pound.
I managed to get a number of scottish notes changed in Mexico (Puerto Vallarta) about 15 years ago with little trouble.
The bank did look at them a bit funny, but then brought out a large bound book with samples of most currencies and identified them that way.
I didn't get the full value though, from memory it was 90p in the pound.
May 17th 2011, 9:57 pm
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Read the link and learn what legal tender means then come back and apologise for being wrong, and dumb.
May 17th 2011, 10:12 pm
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What your daughter has done is dumb and pretty ignorant