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Australian and other foreign coins circulating in New Zealand could be a problem
"Dik T. Winter" wrote in message ... In article "note.boy" writes: ... Occasionally in the UK a coin from the Isle Of Man or one of the Channel Islands will be found in circulation, some will be kept for curiosity value but most are probably spent as soon as possible. Billy But they have the same value. It was quite different when the Irish punt diverged from the UK pound. Coins had still the same size, but while in Ireland British coinage was accepted, this was not true the other wa around. -- dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131 home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/ They do have the same value marked on them but as they are not legal tender in the UK their actual value in the UK is zero, they can be passed on at "face value" of course. Anyone that receives one in change has being diddled. The commonest way that I have received them is as change when paying a bridge toll, they are passed to the person in the toll booth and the vehicle then speeds away, the toll collector then passes the coin back as change as soon as they can, the person receiving the coin drops the coins into the change compartment in the car, having no time to examine the coins of course, and drives away from the toll booth. Billy |
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Australian and other foreign coins circulating in New Zealand could be a problem
In article "note.boy" writes:
"Dik T. Winter" wrote in message ... In article "note.boy" writes: ... Occasionally in the UK a coin from the Isle Of Man or one of the Channel Islands will be found in circulation, some will be kept for curiosity value but most are probably spent as soon as possible. Billy But they have the same value. It was quite different when the Irish punt diverged from the UK pound. Coins had still the same size, but while in Ireland British coinage was accepted, this was not true the other wa around. They do have the same value marked on them but as they are not legal tender in the UK their actual value in the UK is zero, they can be passed on at "face value" of course. And they are passed at face value. Now I still wonder whether the 1 Dollar coin from the Bermudas that I did receive as a 1 Pound coin in the UK was really passed at face value (the size etc. was exactly the same). But loading off your left over Channel Islands coins and Isle of Man coins in things like parking meters seems to me to be very common. And even spending Scottish bank notes in England becomes easier each year. The commonest way that I have received them is as change when paying a bridge toll, they are passed to the person in the toll booth and the vehicle then speeds away, the toll collector then passes the coin back as change as soon as they can, the person receiving the coin drops the coins into the change compartment in the car, having no time to examine the coins of course, and drives away from the toll booth. Well, never having spend any time at a toll booth (I never did navigate a toll road in the UK), I can only say that that is not my experience. What I can say is that my first Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and even Gibraltar coins came from visits in the UK, because I never where in those parts before the first receipt. Just from shops, pubs and whatever. However, what I found was that Isle of Man and Channel Islands notes were much easier accepten in Scotland than in the remainder. And the other way around. When you are on the Channel Islands you can expext banknotes from the other islands, Scotland and the Isle of Man in change. -- dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131 home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/ |
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