rickyross3359 wrote:
If we every did adopt the EURO would the Scottidh back isses their own notes? The new design of note makes them almost appear like EURO's anyway but would they stil be distinctly Scottish in theme?

I am fairly sure it would. Most of the euro coins are branded with national themes as well as the notes.

Hi Kendo, Can I ask for my credit cards in Scots Euros with the Saltire on it?

You need to run that past me again DM, not too certain what your asking here..

When I visited the USA in the early 1990s, I was asked if I had ever seen colour television before.

Euro banknotes are identical throughout the Eurozone, but the coins have one face with a national design. Spanish euro coins show the Cathedral in Santiago on the 1, 2 and 5 cent copper coins, an image of Cervantes (who wrote Don Quixote) on the 10, 20 and 50 cent coins, and a portrait of King Juan Carlos on the 1 and 2 euro coins. Other countries have their own designs, but they're legal tender throughout the Eurozone. We get a lot of French, German and Irish coins here because it's a tourist area.

You quite often come across "foreign" euro coins in your change. There are lots of people who collect them to try and get the entire sets of coins from all the different issuing countries. The Finnish ones are quite attractive. I've got a mate who obsessively checks his change because he's looking for the Slovenian coins. The ones most sought after are coins from the Vatican City because they're only issued in limited numbers.

You can buy proof sets of British euro coins on eBay. They're not legal tender but were trial designs in case the UK ever joined the Eurozone. There was going to be a separate design for Scottish 1 and 2 euro coins, like there already is with pound coins.

There's an auction for some here.
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