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Re: [LUG] OT: BT annoys customer, customer offers unusually large cheque

 

On 11/04/2010 06:23, Henry Bremridge wrote:
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 11:45:56PM +0100, Rhia Knowles wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/09/plywood_cheque/

I saw this, thought of Gordon, but then thought we all might enjoy the smirk
just as much.
What is that wonderful expression "don't try this at home"

see

http://www.royalmint.com/corporate/policies/legal_tender_guidelines.aspx

cheques on fancy materials are not legal tender

What I would like to do however is the next time I get asked to sign on
to a secure website to send emails is to send a reply that requires them
to sign onto my secure website


So, if I gave you:
21 x 1p
11 x 2p
101 x 5p
51 x 10p
51 x 20p
21 x 50p

That wouldn't be legal tender because they are 21p[1], 22p[1], £5.05[2], £5.10[2], £10.20[3] and £10.50[3]?

My Granddad never knew that when he sorted out the church collection! Thinking about it, is THAT why the plastic coin bags are always labelled with the maximum amounts per bag, so each bag contains one amount of legal tender? I always thought it was just to make them easier to count.

I've never seen a 25p or £5 coin btw?

Julian

[1] exceeds 20p
[2] exceeds £5
[3] exceeds £10

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