If the note is in good condition, I'll buy it from you. I've been collecting US coins on and off for years, and started on GB coinage when I lived over there. Now I collect about everything, including currency, AND WILL TRADE COMPUTER ITEMS FOR COINS AND CURRENCY!
Paul On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 3:55 PM Steven M Jones via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 06/28/2019 11:11, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > > >> Canada also replaced the $1- and $2-bill with coins (26.5mm and 28mm, > resp.). > > > > Oh, I know. I was questioned by the RCMP for spending a $2 bill that was > in my leftover Canadian cash from a previous trip years before. > > Two weeks ago I was in London, and had brought my pound notes/coins from > a visit a few years earlier. When trying to buy lunch, the cashier > refused my £10 note since new £5 and £10 notes had been issued over a > year before. I was advised I could change it at a bank... > > So the next day I stopped at a Metro Bank outlet on my way to our local > office, but was told they'd only change notes for account holders -- > which I can guarantee you I will now never be. But I was told I could go > to the Bank of England and they'd change it. The BoE was probably only > 20 minutes away by Tube, but I wasn't trying to turn this exchange into > a side-quest. :^/ > > I still have the £10 note. In theory I might be able to exchange it by > snail mail, but haven't looked into it yet... > > --S. > >