Are Euros, Euros?

[mat205125]

Flying out to Ireland later this week, and I still have about €20 left from last years holiday to Cyprus. It's a mixture of notes and shrapnel.

Is this legal tender across EU Euro countries? Is it notes only?

[hugoagogo]

Euros are Euro (no plural)

hth

[JMGS4]

mat205125 said:

Flying out to Ireland later this week, and I still have about €20 left from last years holiday to Cyprus. It's a mixture of notes and shrapnel.

Is this legal tender across EU Euro countries? Is it notes only?

Yes, oui, ja, da, si,....

[Puggit]

Throws the cat amongst the pigeons

[mat205125]

Puggit said:

Throws the cat amongst the pigeons

That's an interesting read.

If the relative values do start to change WRT their origen, so a Deutsch Euro differs in value to a Spanish Euro, it really does bring into question the whole point of the exercise in the first place.

[hugoagogo]

what a load of balls

a euro is a euro, no-one cares where they were printed

[Semi hemi]

hugoagogo said:

what a load of balls

a euro is a euro, no-one cares where they were printed

Quite, shows what a xenaphobic bunch the ordinary herman in the street is... Wouldnt happen in dear old blighty, I mean, imagine English traders refusing Scots/Northern Irish/Manx/Channel Island bank notes;)

[grumbledoak]

Puggit said:

Throws the cat amongst the pigeons

That's actually kind of funny. I wonder if it could really happen...

[Jsys]

Semi hemi said:

hugoagogo said:

what a load of balls

a euro is a euro, no-one cares where they were printed

Quite, shows what a xenaphobic bunch the ordinary herman in the street is... Wouldnt happen in dear old blighty, I mean, imagine English traders refusing Scots/Northern Irish/Manx/Channel Island bank notes;)

The difference being ignorance, English traders as you put them are unlikely to have seen many notes that aren't from the bank of England before so are wary of their authenticity. This is a case of people actually identifying notes and refusing them on that basis.

[mybrainhurts]

mickken said:

Preparation to make the Euro gone within 2 years is my preciction.

I concur with your preciction...

Precictions are good...

[fulham911club]

mickken said:

hugoagogo said:

what a load of balls

a euro is a euro, no-one cares where they were printed

The financial Police do.

A friend of mine had 5000euros on him (from Italy) and was asked where he got them from....he said Irish bank, they said you're lying (he was), they had an Italian prefix and so they got confiscated. The Irish bank would have only given him out Itish notes!!

Food for thought.

Preparation to make the Euro gone within 2 years is my preciction.

where did this happen? sounds like absolute nonsense...

[Neil_H]

mickken said:

hugoagogo said:

what a load of balls

a euro is a euro, no-one cares where they were printed

The financial Police do.

A friend of mine had 5000euros on him (from Italy) and was asked where he got them from....he said Irish bank, they said you're lying (he was), they had an Italian prefix and so they got confiscated. The Irish bank would have only given him out Itish notes!!

Who asked him, and on what basis did they confiscate them?

[BOR]

Puggit said:

Throws the cat amongst the pigeons

That's a made up story. I've never heard or seen anyone here checking the origin of their notes. I would be suprised if people could identify which country issued which note. Pure fabrication, which I completely admire.

[Semi hemi]

Jsys said:

Semi hemi said:

hugoagogo said:

what a load of balls

a euro is a euro, no-one cares where they were printed

Quite, shows what a xenaphobic bunch the ordinary herman in the street is... Wouldnt happen in dear old blighty, I mean, imagine English traders refusing Scots/Northern Irish/Manx/Channel Island bank notes;)

The difference being ignorance, English traders as you put them are unlikely to have seen many notes that aren't from the bank of England before so are wary of their authenticity. This is a case of people actually identifying notes and refusing them on that basis.

I was passing through Gatwick last Thursday, thought I'll have a pint in the bar, guy before me pays in Euros no problem,
I order, hand over Scottish tenner, barman says not legal tender... he is technically correct but then again, pretty sure the Euro isn't either in the UK....
So said barman was informed of this and told where he could stick his foaming pint of Exmoor ale.

[Tony*T3]

mickken said:

Neil_H said:

mickken said:

hugoagogo said:

what a load of balls

a euro is a euro, no-one cares where they were printed

The financial Police do.

A friend of mine had 5000euros on him (from Italy) and was asked where he got them from....he said Irish bank, they said you're lying (he was), they had an Italian prefix and so they got confiscated. The Irish bank would have only given him out Itish notes!!

Who asked him, and on what basis did they confiscate them?

A stop and search was done, he told them the money was from the bank, Irish bank does not issue Italian prefix notes.......money confiscated as the belief was that it was the proceeds of crime.

I'm telling you now, the underworld Europe wide is trying to cash up/swap notes so they own notes from their corresponding country!!

Not sure I beleive this story. An Irish bank would issue Italian notes if they happened to be in the till. If someone paid in 5000 Euros with Italian prefix, the bank isnt going to sort through them and send them back to Italy, their going to issue them straight back out to the next customer that wants to make a withdrawl.

Only new notes would be issued at the country of origin. Old notes would be in general circulation.

[hugoagogo]

must be true, bloke dahn the pub said

[fulham911club]

Tony*T3 said:

mickken said:

Neil_H said:

mickken said:

hugoagogo said:

what a load of balls

a euro is a euro, no-one cares where they were printed

The financial Police do.

A friend of mine had 5000euros on him (from Italy) and was asked where he got them from....he said Irish bank, they said you're lying (he was), they had an Italian prefix and so they got confiscated. The Irish bank would have only given him out Itish notes!!

Who asked him, and on what basis did they confiscate them?

A stop and search was done, he told them the money was from the bank, Irish bank does not issue Italian prefix notes.......money confiscated as the belief was that it was the proceeds of crime.

I'm telling you now, the underworld Europe wide is trying to cash up/swap notes so they own notes from their corresponding country!!

Not sure I beleive this story. An Irish bank would issue Italian notes if they happened to be in the till. If someone paid in 5000 Euros with Italian prefix, the bank isnt going to sort through them and send them back to Italy, their going to issue them straight back out to the next customer that wants to make a withdrawl.

Only new notes would be issued at the country of origin. Old notes would be in general circulation.

exactly

[JMGS4]

Semi hemi said:

hugoagogo said:

what a load of balls

a euro is a euro, no-one cares where they were printed

Quite, shows what a xenaphobic bunch the ordinary herman in the street is... Wouldnt happen in dear old blighty, I mean, imagine English traders refusing Scots/Northern Irish/Manx/Channel Island bank notes;)

What a load of bovine manure!! I've spoken to my bank today and they've never ever heard of this, just some halfwit halfcut journalist making up news, again!!!

[bigdods]

PH, not just a forum also an education. I never realised the serial numbers denoted country. Just checked my wallet and I have 4 notes, one each of German, Spanish, French and Slovenian. Got them from a cashpoint in tenerife.

[sleep envy]

does this mean they're not going to accept the coins too?

they're far easier to work out where they've come from