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| | :The paragraph, as it is, is ok and correct - you could expand it if you wanted to, but the situation's a little complex: | | :The paragraph, as it is, is ok and correct - you could expand it if you wanted to, but the situation's a little complex: |
| − | :*Only the Bank of England produces coins, and they are legal tender throughout the UK. | + | :*Bank of England coins are legal tender throughout the UK. |
| − | :*Bank of England notes are only legal tender in England, Wales, Channel Islands & Isle of Man. | + | :*Bank of England notes are only legal tender in England and Wales (and possibly Channel Islands & Isle of Man). |
| | + | :*Channel Islands & Isle of Man notes and coins are only legal tender those jurisdictions. |
| | :*Scottish & NI notes aren't legal tender anywhere. | | :*Scottish & NI notes aren't legal tender anywhere. |
| | :*So no notes are legal tender in Scotland & NI at all. | | :*So no notes are legal tender in Scotland & NI at all. |
| − | :But "legal tender" doesn't really mean anything. All the forms of currency are perfectly acceptable anywhere in the UK - you'd have a hard time convincing a court that you had a right not to accept Scottish notes just because they aren't "legal tender". I got this information from [http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/about/faqs.htm here] and [http://www.siliconglen.com/Scotland/1_7.html here] --[[User:JamesK|JamesK]] 19:56, 22 March 2007 (EDT) | + | :But "legal tender" doesn't really mean anything. All the forms of currency are perfectly acceptable anywhere in the UK - you'd have a hard time convincing a court that you had a right not to accept Scottish notes (for payment of debt) just because they aren't "legal tender". I got this information from [http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/about/faqs.htm here], [http://www.siliconglen.com/Scotland/1_7.html here] and [http://www.royalmint.com/RoyalMint/web/site/Corporate/Home/Corp_faq.asp here] --[[User:JamesK|JamesK]] 20:10, 22 March 2007 (EDT) |
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| | ==Anthem== | | ==Anthem== |
| | Wales is the only country of the UK to have an official national anthem. Scotland hasn't ("Flower of Scotland" is definitely not official), England hasn't, and "God Save the Queen" is not even the official anthem of the UK. [[User:Dorpfeld|Dorpfeld]] 15:30, 22 March 2007 (EDT) | | Wales is the only country of the UK to have an official national anthem. Scotland hasn't ("Flower of Scotland" is definitely not official), England hasn't, and "God Save the Queen" is not even the official anthem of the UK. [[User:Dorpfeld|Dorpfeld]] 15:30, 22 March 2007 (EDT) |