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Just a thought...

Is it true you can write a cheque on anything and it can be legal tender?

cdd wrote:Just a thought...

Technically it may still legal tender, though I'm not entire sure as it's hard to check some of the security measures. However just because it's legal tender doesn't mean that someone has to accept it as payment. Incidentally I believe stamps are legal tender.

Charlie Wells wrote:

cdd wrote:Just a thought...

Technically it may still legal tender, though I'm not entire sure as it's hard to check some of the security measures. However just because it's legal tender doesn't mean that someone has to accept it as payment. Incidentally I believe stamps are legal tender.

Well clearly the money inside is legal tender, but part of the problem is that it is difficult (impossible?) to extract said money. The real question is is there any necessity to extract the money intact?

Jovis wrote:Is it true you can write a cheque on anything and it can be legal tender?

Cheques are not "legal tender" only banknotes issued by the Bank of England are (in England & Wales). Cheques are simply a personal "note" which fewer people use these days; you can write a cheque on anything, viz:

Good point, and thanks for answering my question.

Does the English still get £1 notes?

barcode wrote:Does the English still get £1 notes?

NO! They were removed from service in '71

Scotland still has them

Are you sure they're not £10 notes and you've read them wrongly? Let's be honest, it's not unlikely.

Sput wrote:Are you sure they're not £10 notes and you've read them wrongly? Let's be honest, it's not unlikely.

Its a £1 note,

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