[Dx-qsl] It Never Ends

Thu Feb 22 21:01:27 EST 2007

On Feb 22, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Graham Ridgeway wrote:
> On 2007年2月22日 15:37:46 -0500, "Danny Douglas" <n7dc at vabb.com>
> wrote:
>>> OK Maybe you got me there, but isnt a Euro Coin a "non-foreign" 
>> coin in
>> Britian now? I know you guys didnt go the Euro route, but surely 
>> your banks
>> all handle Euros as part of the EC. At least money changers 
>> thruout London
>> and the larger cities should?
>>>> Danny Douglas N7DC
>> No Way !! <smile>
>> Euros are considered a 'Foreign Currency' and while I can change Euro
> Notes - coins are a No No.
>> Unless I am mistaken 'You Lot - Over There <smile>' still have Dollar
> coins - again absolutely worthless in the UK as are 'Foriegn' coins
> from any country in any denomination. - In fact that has always been
> the way.
> Many years ago [when I was a mere youth] I used to work for a Bank -
> foreign coins went straight in the bin - however 'valuable' they might
> have been in terms of denomination - and that was not just at small
> branches but also those who had Bureau-de-Change who in those days
> carried stocks of just about everything. It was, and is, a
> 'Note-based' system.

We still have dollar coins (and a new series is just starting to be 
distributed) but they never have been that popular, so dollar notes 
are still around. Everytime the authorities mention getting rid of 
the notes there is a big hew and cry and the politicians quash the 
idea. About the only place I see them is as change from the Post 
Office vending machines. Our neighbors to the north have one- and 
two-dollar coins (loonies and toonies), however. I recall that you 
Brits no longer have one pound notes and I don't think the E.U. has 
ever issued the one or two Euro denominations as anything but coins.