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Old 15-07-2019, 16:32   #1
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Alan Turing becomes the new face of the £50 note

Excellent news as l am so glad this great man has been recognised.

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Re: Alan Turing becomes the new face of the £50 note

Ive tried shopping with a £50 note.shops just don't want to know ,so personaly i can't see the point in them.
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Re: Alan Turing becomes the new face of the £50 note

Quite appropriate - no one will accept them, and if you find one, everyone immediately tries to change them...

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Quite appropriate - no one will accept them, and if you find one, everyone immediately tries to change them...

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... the try the 100 & 200 Euro notes I tried to use in Vienna at the weekend!
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Vienna's cool. Great city.
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... the try the 100 & 200 Euro notes I tried to use in Vienna at the weekend!
I had no problem with using 100 Euro notes in Rome and Florence two weeks ago.
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I had no problem with using 100 Euro notes in Rome and Florence two weeks ago.
Stuff's obviously cheaper in Vienna!
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Re: Alan Turing becomes the new face of the £50 note

Shame it’s the £50 but I’m glad to see this nevertheless! He was a brilliant mind. Often thought how the UK would have benefited from his genius if he had been allowed to live. Disgrace what he was went through!He helped shorten WW2 by at least 2 years and then he was hounded to his grave!
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Ive tried shopping with a £50 note.shops just don't want to know ,so personaly i can't see the point in them.
I’ve never had a problem with them - I get quite a few as overseas guests staying in my B&B often get them from bureaux de change. If I spend them rather than bank them, they go in the supermarket or at a petrol station. Anywhere they’re most, or part of, the overall value of the sale. However I think trying to pass them in exchange for a pint of milk and £49 change would be taking the mick.
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Re: Alan Turing becomes the new face of the £50 note

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Shame it’s the £50 but I’m glad to see this nevertheless! He was a brilliant mind. Often thought how the UK would have benefited from his genius if he had been allowed to live. Disgrace what he was went through!He helped shorten WW2 by at least 2 years and then he was hounded to his grave!
Totally agree.

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I’ve never had a problem with them - I get quite a few as overseas guests staying in my B&B often get them from bureaux de change. If I spend them rather than bank them, they go in the supermarket or at a petrol station. Anywhere they’re most, or part of, the overall value of the sale. However I think trying to pass them in exchange for a pint of milk and £49 change would be taking the mick.
Many years ago, there was a spate of forged £50 notes in circulation. The people doing it would try to legitimise their money by using them to pay for an item and receive legal currency in return. It was less easy for staff to distinguish between an authentic note and a forgery, as they seldom saw a £50 note (this was in the days before anti counterfeit equipment was widely available).

As this led to businesses losing £50 a time for the sake of a small sale, many decided to stop accepting them and it seems that this attitude is still prevalent today.
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I’ve never had a problem with them - I get quite a few as overseas guests staying in my B&B often get them from bureaux de change. If I spend them rather than bank them, they go in the supermarket or at a petrol station. Anywhere they’re most, or part of, the overall value of the sale. However I think trying to pass them in exchange for a pint of milk and £49 change would be taking the mick.
Pay for a fredo bar with a £50 and let them know whose boss is what I say.
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You can't even pass a Scottish fiver as genuine around here.
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Quite appropriate - no one will accept them, and if you find one, everyone immediately tries to change them...

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