Dear Marged, This is interesting. I notice it costs a fortune to exchange money with the UK. A friend of mine was going to mail me a birthday gift and I was shocked to find out how much problems one runs into with money exchange - he cost was terrible. Glenda >| The exchange rate is the same everywhere in the United Kingdom, which >does not >include Ireland, but does include Northern Ireland, for strange political >reasons which I cannot fathom. > >Scotland prints its own money and still has paper One Pound Notes. The coins >are the same as England & Wales. Isle of Man has its own coins, and they >won't >take them on the mainland. > >The Channel Islands may be different- they certainly have their own money >and I >am not sure about the exchange rate. > >Marged > > >| I have so much trouble with the exchange rate. First it was >| pounds and then I found I definitly had Irish relatives and >| now there is the exchange rate there. I believe that Wales >| and England are the same; am I right in this ? How about >| Scotland ? >| >|

We always had this problem sending money to Canada when my sister's family were young. In the end, we started buying our own present to save the postage money and the exchange rate. Marged | This is interesting. I notice it costs a fortune to exchange money | with the UK. A friend of mine was going to mail me a birthday gift | and I was shocked to find out how much problems one runs into with | money exchange - he cost was terrible. | | Glenda | | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14/11/00