Legal tender de France. Anyone refusing such monies for their whole value would be prosecuted (French Penal Code art. R. 642-3). According to the "Economic and Monetary Union Act, 1998" of the Republic of Ireland which replaced the legal tender provisions that had been re-enacted in Irish legislation from previous British enactments, "No person, other than the Central Bank of Ireland and such persons as may be designated by the Minister by order, shall be obliged to accept more than 50 coins denominated in euro or in cent in any single transaction." The "Decimal Currency Act, 1970" governed legal tender prior to
Bank of Scotland £100 note 1845 until it was superseded by the Banking Act 2009. Scottish banknotes are legal currency and are generally accepted throughout the United Kingdom. Scottish banknotes are fully backed such that holders have the same level of protection as those holding genuine Bank of England notes. The £100 note is currently the largest of five denominations of banknote issued by the Bank of Scotland. The Tercentenary series of Bank of Scotland notes was introduced in 1995, and is named for the three hundredth anniversary of the bank's founding, which occurred in that year. Each note features a portrait of Walter Scott