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Toy Soldier · 12-04-2019, 03:21 PM

Honestly I think staff just need to be better trained on counterfeit cash. Like I said, there are some VERY RARE decent counterfeit paper English 20's that go around but they are only convincing when they're brand new, and they don't pass the rub test.

The vast majority of fake notes should be easy to spot instantly. Paper notes, they'll either feel "too dry" because they're just normal paper and not the "special blend" used for notes - OR if someone has tried to fake the appearance of a real note, they'll feel waxy.

The new polymer ones honestly don't even think about it. If it looks and feels anything like a real banknote, it is one. The fakes are hilarious and feel like polythene bags.

My favourites are when people have put in a hit of extra effort; like making a tiny transparent window out of clingfilm or clear tape. My all time craftsmanship award goes to one where someone had actually made the hologram on a £20 out of tinfoil coloured in with felt tip pens

. You could hear it crinkling!

Top excuse I've had was for someone trying to pass off a paper £10 note that was made out of printed tissue paper... Saying that "it had accidentally gone through the wash in his pocket" and that's why it felt so flimsy.

Marsh. · 12-04-2019, 03:23 PM

Yeah, the worst fake anyone tried to use with me was a shoddy photocopy that they didn't even attempt to cut out in straight lines.

Did give us a laugh though.

Toy Soldier · 12-04-2019, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Marsh.

Yeah, the worst fake anyone tried to use with me was a shoddy photocopy that they didn't even attempt to cut out in straight lines.

Did give us a laugh though.

I forgot "tiny fiver"!

Someone actually TOOK a £5 note that was at most 2/3 the size of a normal fiver and it provided such amusement that we kept it pinned up in the staff kitchen for years. I wonder what happened to it

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James · 12-04-2019, 06:25 PM

Do you ever see a Royal Bank of Scotland £1 note? Apparently they are still in circulation, and 'legal tender'.

Someone tried to use one in a shop near me a while back, but I don't think they took it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ro...otland_£1_note

Crimson Dynamo · 12-04-2019, 07:03 PM

Scotland invented the Bank of England and Banknotes

as I said, English retailers need to stick in at school or look silly

AnnieK · 12-04-2019, 07:15 PM

I remember when I was working in the States in the 90s a lot of stores had forged notes pinned up with a name and sometimes a picture of the person who tried to pass them off

Vicky. · 12-04-2019, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

They're not that common though, I'd say I bank 1 or 2 Irish fivers a week and a very occasional 10/20.

Aren't Ireland euros?

Fairly sure I have never even seen Irish notes, if they exist alongside euros or something? IDK

Niamh. · 12-04-2019, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Vicky.

Aren't Ireland euros?

Fairly sure I have never even seen Irish notes, if they exist alongside euros or something? IDK

Northern Ireland is pounds, republic of Ireland is euros

Greg! · 12-04-2019, 07:37 PM

This INFURIATES me! Could you imagine the fumes if Scottish shops rejected English notes!

Toy Soldier · 12-04-2019, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by James

Do you ever see a Royal Bank of Scotland £1 note? Apparently they are still in circulation, and 'legal tender'.

Someone tried to use one in a shop near me a while back, but I don't think they took it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ro...otland_£1_note

I've not seen anyone use one for a couple of years - we did have one kicking about in a drawer for a while, though (it may still be there

). I didn't actually know they were technically still in circulation

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Still get quite a few old £1 coins which is a pain as they are NOT legal currency... but there was a software bug (that was never rectified) that means that 2 of our "BetStation" sports betting terminals still accept them

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