British £5 note does not make sense -
sgbuffett - 25-06-2024
On the 5 pound note it says
"I promise to pay the bearer on demand a sum 5 pounds"
So the government promise to give you back the 5 pounds that you are holding?
RE: British £5 note does not make sense -
grotesqueness - 25-06-2024
(25-06-2024, 08:28 PM)sgbuffett Wrote: On the 5 pound note it says
"I promise to pay the bearer on demand a sum 5 pounds"
So the government promise to give you back the 5 pounds that you are holding?
no
long long time ago
far far far away
banknotes represented deposits of gold
get it
bozo
RE: British £5 note does not make sense -
starbugs - 25-06-2024
This was a legacy phrase from long ago.
From bank of England:
"The words 'I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of five/ten/twenty/fifty pounds' appear on all of our notes. This phrase dates from long ago when our notes represented deposits of gold. At that time, a member of the public could exchange one of our banknotes for gold of the same value."
RE: British £5 note does not make sense -
sgbuffett - 26-06-2024
(25-06-2024, 09:02 PM)starbugs Wrote: This was a legacy phrase from long ago.
From bank of England:
"The words 'I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of five/ten/twenty/fifty pounds' appear on all of our notes. This phrase dates from long ago when our notes represented deposits of gold. At that time, a member of the public could exchange one of our banknotes for gold of the same value."
Now there is no gold to exchange for....so the phrase is redundant or false