The situation in Ulster is the same! There the Bank of Ireland as well as the Allied Irish Bank issue their own pound notes! Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 11:03 PM Subject: [USMA:13615] Re: http://election.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=76500 > Louis Jourdan wrote: > If they refuse to accept coins that don't have their national symbol on it, too bad to them ! They will simply not get their money.... > > The British are already used to a variety of ?1 coins -- English, Scottish, Welsh and, I believe, Ulster (Northern Irish). > > This is not analogous, by the way, to the English and Scottish banknote situation, where British banknotes are issued by the Bank of England (which is the equivalent, in that respect, of the U.S. Treasury) and Scottish banknotes are issued by individual banks. (I have several from my third last trip to Britain, in May 2000.) Many of the Scottish banks still issue pound notes, whereas the Bank of England issues only coins for the ?1 denomination. > > The U.S. does, of course, have an analogy to the British pound coin, namely the current series of commemorative quarters, with a different one for every state (although the complete set of 50 is being issued over a period of several years). Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
