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February 21, 2008 at 7:57 pm #28375AstrocatParticipant
Just recently i went over to the corner shop and got given change amoungst this i notice a irish twenty pence piece with new jersey and a lighthouse on the front. On the back it had her majesty queen elizerbeth and i thought fair enough these things happen. I went back over to buy two bobbys mega fruit pops and handed over two twenty pence pieces one of them the irish one.
The lad at the till told me he couldnt accept it when it had queen elizerbeth written on the back and it was clearly a irish coin which ireland of course is in the UK. I explained to him that i got it from the exact shop and the lad was quite understanding to which he allowed me to pay for the lollypops but my question is are irish twenty pence coins legal tender or is it only certain coins from ireland that are accepted.
How an irish coin got into the till ill never know any ideas if this can or cannot be accepted
February 21, 2008 at 10:42 pm #167416PolarBearNPRParticipantHmmm – interesting question to which I have no answer; but in the States, Canadian coins are accepted at face value even though the exchange rate differs. But that is the only currency that are accepted here, as far as I’m aware anyway.
February 22, 2008 at 2:29 pm #167412TigerbladeParticipantQuote:in the States, Canadian coins are accepted at face value even though the exchange rate differs.From what I’ve seen, Canadian coins are only accepted if the clerk doesn’t realize they’re Canadian. If they realize the coin isn’t American, they’ll hand it back.
A lot of vending machines around here don’t accept Canadian coins either – there’s a slight weight difference apparently.
February 22, 2008 at 10:13 pm #167417PolarBearNPRParticipantTigerblade;226964 wrote:From what I’ve seen, Canadian coins are only accepted if the clerk doesn’t realize they’re Canadian. If they realize the coin isn’t American, they’ll hand it back.A lot of vending machines around here don’t accept Canadian coins either – there’s a slight weight difference apparently.
Hmmm – maybe, being further from the border we don’t have that issue here. I’ve never had it handed back. But it’s not an everyday occurrence that we get them either. And as for vending machines . . . don’t know about that either. Good points tho.
February 23, 2008 at 3:18 am #167414YahooliganMemberThey flat out reject Canadian coins here in California. Although lately, the Canadian dollar has been worth more than a US buck, so they’d be smart to snap’em up!
February 23, 2008 at 11:23 am #167413sarahtownyMemberAstrocat, you can use Irish and Scottish coins here in England. I quite often get a Scottish five pound notes and as we speak my husband pulled some change out of his pocket and out of the 6 pound coins he had only 2 were from England.
So to answer your question the coin is legal tender.
February 23, 2008 at 5:22 pm #167411Jeff HesterKeymasterI’m still trying to figure out what the “legend” is! 🙂
February 29, 2008 at 11:13 pm #167415AstrocatParticipantSearch up irish 20 pence piece and youll get the story on why it is legenday
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