currency in Scotland

Problems ? none whatsoever ! Whatever you did to obtain Euro , just do the same with pounds .

The UK (England, North Ireland, & Scotland {Edit . . . & Wales}) did not convert their currency to Euros when many countries of mainland Europe did. The British Pound has been in use since Saxon times according to my resource.

Do as the previous poster said. Use ATM's to get pounds. Familiarize yourself with the coins used with the British Pound.

No problems whatsoever. It works the same way. Put your AtM card in the bank ATM and out come Pounds. Thee are English and Scottish Pounds, but I've never had any issues with them.

It really wasn't that last ng ago that every country had their own currency. And in fact, I believe that the Czech Republic still does. Just be glad the Iron Curtain is down--that was when currency was very tricky!

Pam

The Czech koruna and Hungarian forint are still in use , but even there , it's pretty easy - For the koruna , drop the last digit ( from total koruna price ) and divide by two - you have dollar price 3200 czk = 160 USD . Forints - same conversion . only drop last two digits and divide by two - 32000 HUF = 160 USD . The approximate exchange rate would be 20 czk = 1 USD ; 200 HUF = 1 USD . Of course check the exchange rates to get a more accurate reading , and by extrapolating from this formula , you can easily deal with many other currencies ( like the Russian ruble ) .------- I just checked the forint , and koruna and they are currently weaker against the dollar due to unsettled conditions in Central Europe but in conversion for travel purposes , you only need a back of the envelope figure , On my recent trip to England , Wales , and Scotland , the pound went from about $ 1.65 down to about $ 1.59

Hi Sue- we visited Scotland this past summer, and withdrew pounds from ATMs in several locations. As mentioned above, the Bank of England prints pound notes with Queen Elizabeth on the front, and several different banks in Scotland print notes that feature other people on them. All are valid throughout Scotland, but has been discussed on another post in this Forum, some merchants in England are reluctant to accept the Scottish notes. If you're heading out of Scotland, you should be able to use "Scottish" pounds in the rest of the UK, but having "English" pounds might avoid any hassles anywhere. Note that, as with the euro, there's no 1-pound bill, it's a coin.