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Originally Posted by Niamh.

We use €50 notes here all the time, most shops have one of them scanner thingys that they swipe notes under to see if they're fake or not

When I've been in Eurpoe, I've found that 50's are used more like £20, 20's like £10 and 10s like £5, on account of there being a 5 euro coin that's used more like a £2 coin.

So I guess using a £50 note is more comparable to using a 100 euro note.

Last year when I went to Portugal, I had 2000 euros in 50 euro notes at the start. I threw them up in the air and rolled around like Scrooge McDuck .

Which is sort of odd considering I handle £10k+ in cash on a near daily basis but... damnit, those were MY euros. My own!