28 Jun
2019
28 Jun
'19
1:54 p.m.
On 06/28/2019 11:11, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
Two weeks ago I was in London, and had brought my pound notes/coins from
a visit a few years earlier. When trying to buy lunch, the cashier
refused my ?10 note since new ?5 and ?10 notes had been issued over a
year before. I was advised I could change it at a bank...
So the next day I stopped at a Metro Bank outlet on my way to our local
office, but was told they'd only change notes for account holders --
which I can guarantee you I will now never be. But I was told I could go
to the Bank of England and they'd change it. The BoE was probably only
20 minutes away by Tube, but I wasn't trying to turn this exchange into
a side-quest. :^/
I still have the ?10 note. In theory I might be able to exchange it by
snail mail, but haven't looked into it yet...
--S.
Canada also replaced the $1- and $2-bill with
coins (26.5mm and 28mm, resp.).
Oh, I know. I was questioned by the RCMP for spending a $2 bill that was in my leftover
Canadian cash from a previous trip years before.