Paying with coins

RUDE · Post by **RUDE** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:51 am

I remember a couple of weeks ago, after a few fruit and a few beers, my mate and I went for a curry.

We'd had a good night and paid the £70 (ish) bill with coins.

It got me thinking, I wonder what the most expensive thing ever bought solely with £1 coins was.....so if you can top a £70 ruby i'd be interested to hear.

Good Luck

Nixxy · Post by **Nixxy** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:52 pm

Someone asked me the other day what the limits for legal tender denominations actually are, and I was surprised to see that there is no upper limit on the quantity of £1 or £2 coins that can be used in any one transaction. Here's the full list, thanks to royalmint.gov.uk:

£5 (Crown) - for any amount
£2 - for any amount
£1 - for any amount
50p - for any amount not exceeding £10
25p (Crown) - for any amount not exceeding £10
20p - for any amount not exceeding £10
10p - for any amount not exceeding £5
5p - for any amount not exceeding £5
2p - for any amount not exceeding 20p
1p - for any amount not exceeding 20p

To answer the original question, I do remember buying a Spectrum 128k (the one with the tape recorder attached at one end) with a combination of one-hundred £1 coins, and the remaining £9.99 on my mum's old Argos store card. I was about 7-yrs-old at the time.

Dunhamzzz · Post by **Dunhamzzz** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:09 pm

You started young!

jeffvickers · Post by **jeffvickers** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:18 pm

Nixxy wrote: 5p - for any amount not exceeding £5
2p - for any amount not exceeding 20p
1p - for any amount not exceeding 20p

Grr. And I wanted some satisfaction payng my parking ticket to the bastard council.

sir ratholer · Post by **sir ratholer** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:10 pm

Laptop from Comet. It was £599 and they went berserk

rocket · Post by **rocket** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:17 am

Nixxy wrote:Someone asked me the other day what the limits for legal tender denominations actually are, and I was surprised to see that there is no upper limit on the quantity of £1 or £2 coins that can be used in any one transaction. Here's the full list, thanks to royalmint.gov.uk:

£5 (Crown) - for any amount
£2 - for any amount
£1 - for any amount
50p - for any amount not exceeding £10
25p (Crown) - for any amount not exceeding £10
20p - for any amount not exceeding £10
10p - for any amount not exceeding £5
5p - for any amount not exceeding £5
2p - for any amount not exceeding 20p
1p - for any amount not exceeding 20p

To answer the original question, I do remember buying a Spectrum 128k (the one with the tape recorder attached at one end) with a combination of one-hundred £1 coins, and the remaining £9.99 on my mum's old Argos store card. I was about 7-yrs-old at the time.

Thats interesting - but I'm honestly amazed that there ARE limits for any denomination. As far as I'm concerned (and I would have insisted this if you hadn't shown me that) - all coinage is legal tender, therefore you can pay for anything with any combination of legal tender you like.

JakeyC · Post by **JakeyC** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:53 pm

The funniest thing is that Scottish banknotes aren't 'legal tender' in any country - not even Scotland!!

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:01 pm

Legally speaking, shops don't have to give you change when you buy goods.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:18 pm

JakeyC wrote:The funniest thing is that Scottish banknotes aren't 'legal tender' in any country - not even Scotland!!

we still have pound notes up here.

Reminds me of the old joke about copper wire.

It was invented by 2 Scots fighting over a penny.

anfield road · Post by **anfield road** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:55 pm

£100000 on me new house, abbey were not best pleased

stuart4010 · Post by **stuart4010** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:59 pm

JakeyC wrote:The funniest thing is that Scottish banknotes aren't 'legal tender' in any country - not even Scotland!!

What's also interesting is that English notes aren't legal tender in Scotland - only coinage is.

The difference is that some places in England will refuse Scottish notes - i've never been anywhere in Scotland that has refused an English bank note.

shortie72uk · Post by **shortie72uk** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:04 pm

anfield road wrote:£100000 on me new house, abbey were not best pleased

Thats class

Nixxy · Post by **Nixxy** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 7:52 pm

harry2 wrote:Legally speaking, shops don't have to give you change when you buy goods.

This I believe, is absolutely true.

betchrider · Post by **betchrider** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:23 pm

i dont think they know elvis's dead in scotland yet do they?(joke)

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:11 pm

Old un-pc joke.

Jock drops a pound coin, bends down to pick it up and it hits him on the back of his head.