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If I were a British subject I would totally get behind a campaign to un-decimalise the currency.
by sethg 16y ago
If I were a British subject I would totally get behind a campaign to un-decimalise the currency.
- pmjordan 16y agoI wonder if anyone would notice - in the UK everyone but kids and old people seems to use credit cards these days. And old people frequently still use the pre-decimal terminology anyway. Part of the reason for the widespread use of cashless payment might be that for larger amounts cash is totally impractical; the largest de facto denomination is £20, the £50 note gets you nowhere. That said, I do really like the current design of the coins. But weird currency experiments would be cool.
- arethuza 16y agoI rarely use cash these days - maybe once a month or so. Edit: I'm in the UK - I use a chip-n-pin debit card for most things.
- pmjordan 16y agoI don't know where you're from, but I can only compare to various other parts of Europe as well as South Africa. The UK is definitely the most card-happy of that lot.
- elai 16y agoWhy wouldn't somebody receiving payment for a 100 pound transaction not take two 50s?
- notahacker 16y agoOfficially it's a "banking note" and retailers are within their rights to refuse them (which they're more likely to do because lack of familiarity means staff are less likely to be convinced of the note's authenticity and it also requires giving more change)