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[purdey]

Fear of change,loss of identity,and then the economic reasons ?.
The Euro still does not enter into the vast majority of British homes,travel within the UK still out numbers travel and holidays out side of the UK,hence the Euro has little or no impact on the average family.

[BC Numismatics]

Although I am a New Zealander,I am also fiercely pro-British anyway.I reckon that the British should keep the Pound Sterling,as it represents strength & stability.The old saying,'As safe as the Bank of England' is very true.Why fix something that isn't broken.Keep it the way it is.

In the extremely unlikely event that the U.K. ever entered the Eurozone,it would spell the end for Scotland & Ulster (Northern Ireland) enjoying the right to issue their own banknotes,plus it would mean the destruction of the Sterling zone (countries that use their own Pounds at par with the Pound Sterling,such as Gibraltar & the Isle of Man).

Aidan.

[observer]

Miltiades,the Pound Sterling is a currency that is held in very high esteem,as is the Bank of England.I've always liked the name 'Pound' as a currency name,because you can refer to it as the Quid,& people will still know what you mean.

It would be a real shame if the U.K. ever did away with the Pound,as it is the Pound that is very much part of the British national identity.The time to put the 'Great' back into 'Great Britain' is long overdue.The U.K. should do the right thing & secede from the E.U.,& focus on rebuilding & strengthening its relationship with the rest of the proper British Commonwealth.

Aidan.

Now from somewhere in the back of my head, I have it that the Pound is actually an Italian monetary unit, introduced by the Romans. That is why the £ sign is used, an ornate L, as the Italians used to use for their Lira. It originally meant one pound of silver (hence lb. for pound weight) which was cut up into 240 little bits for convenience, and so 240 pennies to the Pound or Lira.

Don’t know if it’s true, but it sounded like a good story.

[Nikitas]

If yo uenjoy being ripped off every time you exchange money keep the pound. Exchaning money is not just in travel, it happens in business too, every time you import or export anything. Moving around a huge area with one currency is what made the US so rich. Some prices have gone up as a result of the Euro, some have gone down. Overall life is easier.

[BC Numismatics]

Nikitas,that's a bit on the nose.The Pound Sterling is the ONLY currency that has a continuing history that dates from the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex & the English Heptarchy (prior to the mid-800's A.D.).

Aidan.

[RRichie]

Aiden
you have not been swearing lately, are you ok?

[BC Numismatics]

RRichie,get lost,you plonker! You ARE a twat!

Aidan.

[RRichie]

RRichie,get lost,you plonker! You ARE a twat!

Aidan.

Thats rich coming from you, glad to see you are back to your foul mouthed self.

[bigdog]

If yo uenjoy being ripped off every time you exchange money keep the pound. Exchaning money is not just in travel, it happens in business too, every time you import or export anything. Moving around a huge area with one currency is what made the US so rich. Some prices have gone up as a result of the Euro, some have gone down. Overall life is easier.

Nikitas . Do you think that you are better off with the Euro . I know that in Greece I found things much more expensive although I appreciate that what you spend on holiday does not reflect the cost of living .

Alan

[Nikitas]

The4 Euro is at its infancy steps still, it will show its ful value when full trade starts beteween all ares of the Euro zone. It is such a great relief not to have to rely on those blood suckers at the bank to tell you the daily currency rates when you make an international offer. Basically the Euro is a way out of the bankers' stranglehold on the economy. Now if the British want to have their banks shove it to them, fine. Vaseline is an expensive commotidy these day, being oil derived!