Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Currency Union | |
Posted by: | Richard Greenhough | |
Date/Time: | 03/09/14 13:36:00 |
I recall stories of wheelbarrows full of 50p pieces being trundled over the Eire/Northern Ireland border after they floated the punt and it dropped in value against sterling, as the banks would change coins at 1:1 whereas notes were changed at the prevailing exchange rate. |