On 2016-06-02 13:07, gumb wrote:
On 02/06/16 11:44, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I don't know what's the biggest pound note in use :-?
The biggest regular British pound note in ordinary circulation is £50. But a few years ago there was a story about some swindle in the far east involving million pound notes. Like many others, I thought this was fabricated believing no such thing existed, but apparently such high denominations do exist, just not in the traditional form of colourful notes we are familiar with. The article went on to say how the person forging the million pound notes was caught because only a very limited number had ever been produced and hence those genuine ones could all be traced.
Curious!
As for the 500€ notes, I've never even handled a 200€ or a 100€ note. It's annoying enough when the cash machine gives me a 50€ bill. I recall some shops here in France refusing to accept them. On the other hand, on the rare occasion I've needed to draw a large sum in cash in either pounds or euros and I've asked for the higher denominations from the bank so as to carry less bulk, they've never adhered to my request and always given me a big clump of 20£/€ bills, as if to imply that I'm not big enough to handle the high value ones.
My bank told me that I had to request them the day before at least. Same for a big withdrawal. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)