Are Scottish pound notes the same as English pound notes?
Pound notes are a thing of the past, it is only pound coins now. The Bank of England print all money used in England, in Scotland the banks are allowed to print their own notes (a settlement agreed in the Treaty of Union), Both a Pound Sterling and both have the same value. All coins in circulation throughout the UK are made by the Royal Mint. English notes can be used throughout the UK, however, Scottish notes can only be used outside Scotland with the agreement of the seller (ie they are not legal tender throughout the UK) The Scottish notes have people and scenes of scotland printed on them…you can see many examples at http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&… Shaddow – although Scottish money is not offical backed by the Government it would in in a independant scotland, the Scottish government if it were to control all it’s own wealth a
