The Scots are fighting back. After decades of being unable to use their own cash in English pubs, shops, and restaurants, Glasgow’s subway ticket machines are getting their revenge.
Okay, that may be a bit dramatic. But it is true that brand new banknotes, the first to feature King Charles III on them, aren’t recognised by the ticket machines in Glasgow’s underground stations. Don’t worry, the machines don’t have some sort of vendetta against Charles himself, they just weren’t manufactured to recognise his face on money.
If you want to use one of the new banknotes, you’ll simply have to go to one of the human vendors, who have more advanced programming and will be able to recognise that the new cash is not in fact fake money. Crisis averted.
The new notes began circulating yesterday, but will be slowly phased in rather than replacing the old ones adorning Liz all at once. When old bank notes become damaged or need to be replaced, that’s when Charles will come to the rescue, so it could be a good few years before they become properly commonplace. This is ‘in line with guidance from the Royal Household, to minimise the environmental and financial impact of this change,’ a spokesperson from the Bank of England has said.
If you simply can’t wait for your King Charles cash you can get your old money changed at any bank until June 11.
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