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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 1202245, member: 9270&quot;]Just came back from Scotland (very wet; very windy).</p><p>Found out there&#039;s also a £2 coin.</p><p>Smallest note is £5.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the time I went to England the first time (late 80&#039;s) the £1 coin had been in use for a while.</p><p>No complaints that I even encountered.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also was in Austria when they changed from the Shilling to the Euro (1 Jan 2002).</p><p>The rule was &quot;Just do it.&quot;</p><p>The only complaint was the conversion process. It slowed purchases down.</p><p>Stores could take Shillings, then do the conversion to Euros (LOTS of hand calculators around), and finally HAD to return change in Euros.</p><p>Everything was priced in Euros and Shillings, most likely to help the Austrians get a feeling for how the two units related to each other.</p><p>And they &quot;just did it&quot;.</p><p>I detected only mild annoyance.</p><p>And this process was a LOT more taxing than just going from paper to coins.</p><p>But Americans ... well, nuf said.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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