>BTW years back, when I used to cash my pay-cheque at a bank, I used to ask for my money in Scottish (Royal Bank of Scotland & Strathclyde Bank), Irish (before they chnged to the Punt - then the Euro), Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey notes, just so I'd have a pocket full of exotic, disparate and colourful notes. They were all legal tender in England but you should have seen bar tenders' faces when you handed them over! :-)
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I'd have thought handing a bartender a Punt would be like putting Vatican coins in the collection plate at mass <bg>
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