28 Jun
2019
28 Jun
'19
7:55 p.m.
On 6/28/19 1:54 PM, Steven M Jones via cctalk wrote:
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...
If I had realized that the
Canadian $2 bill been withdrawn, I never
would have spent it and would have instead added it to my collection of
withdrawn currency.
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.