On Sat, 20 Jul 2024, at 12:12, Joe Monk wrote: > Plus, there's a side benefit to using cash. It retains its value. > > "Real dollars — cash — have a set of qualities that are hard to replicate > in a digital currency. Cash is universally accessible, universally > accepted ...
Scottish banknotes have - for at least 50 years - not always been accepted in England. Fairly recently, paper banknotes in the UK were phased out and replaced by plastic ones. They last longer (& will survive a trip through a washing machine) & probably contain even more security features than paper ones, but ... they feel "wrong", don't fold like paper ones did, can't be written on like paper ones could ... and I don't like them. I /think/ that physical branches of banks will still take paper notes ... if you can find a physical branch - many have been closed in the last few years. It's possible too that only branches of the bank who issued certain paper notes will take them. (Eg there's 3 note-issuing banks in Scotland, I think.) -- Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
