Scottish Government looking for ideas for a name for their new currency......

mgaw

i go Mcsheckles

HAL9000

The pooond?

ICBM

Now that the Irish aren't using it, we could have the Punt.

So named because it rhymes with the Irish for banker.

PolarityMan

The euro

Fretwired

Bodle or Groat.

BigLicks67

They could just trade free prescriptions.

boogieman

The Hoots.

lloyd

Poundy McPoundface

Buck(fast)

DanR

Clarkies as Arnold Clark might snap them up.

stickyfiddle

It would have to be the Dram, wouldn't it?

EricTheWeary

HAL9000;1129341" said:

The pooond?

I'd have just stuck to poond.

Can the writing on the new currency say 'you'll no be having a sale then?' please

Myranda

Deep-fried British money?

Just batter and fry a £10 and it's a new scottish money

grungebob

Why not just call it legal tender it seems to be the thing I've had to say the most when trying to spend a Scottish tenner south of the border

breakstuff

lloyd

grungebob said:

Why not just call it legal tender it seems to be the thing I've had to say the most when trying to spend a Scottish tenner south of the border

The problem is that we don't see much of them so we don't know if they're fakes or not!

Moltisanti

the Pish

siremoon

The Caviar.  A product of Sturgeon

ICBM

grungebob said:

Why not just call it legal tender it seems to be the thing I've had to say the most when trying to spend a Scottish tenner south of the border

It's not legal tender. It's legal currency, which is not the same thing - they don't *have* to take it if they don't want to. This was clarified in the Banking Act 2009 I think, although it had always been the case.

Now I, along with many other Scots, simply keep a small amount of English banknotes for when we travel to England, it saves arguments. If I ever get one when I'm being paid for something I just put it in the 'holiday fund'.

If anyone in England has any Scottish notes they want to get rid of, I'll be happy to take them off your hands at a reasonable exchange rate .

Sporky

Again I agree with Fret - first thing I thought of was The Groat.

It's time to make the Groat Great.

Nitefly

EricTheWeary said:

HAL9000;1129341" said:

The pooond?

I'd have just stuck to poond.

Can the writing on the new currency say 'you'll no be having a sale then?' please

I remember that, LOL!  Was it somebody's crisps?  Golden Wonder? Walkers?

Seymour1

ICBM said:

  If anyone in England has any Scottish notes they want to get rid of, I'll be happy to take them off your hands at a reasonable exchange rate .

I seem to remember that a few years ago a  major travel company were selling Scottish notes to American & Canadian travellers at a mark up over the rate for English notes as they seemed to assume that those buying wouldn't realise that English notes could be used in Scotland.