but it appears that even traders get confused with it,
in a fast food outlet in Newry, Co Down, a pretend
€100 note purchased in an Early Learning Centre store is being treated as
counterfeit after it was used to buy a sandwich in a Northern Ireland shop, the
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said that it is investigating how the
toy note was passed over the counter, after paying for the sandwich the
person using the note received and kept all of the change, a
message posted on the PSNI’s Newry station Facebook page said: "It’s a
pretend 100 euro note from a leading kiddies’ toy store, so why do we have it
in an evidence bag I hear you query? well it’s in an evidence bag because it’s
evidence, evidence of the offence of tendering counterfeit currency, I know, I
know a kids play note counterfeit currency?? well believe it or not this was
actually accepted as payment recently in business premises in Newry." Newry is
a bi-currency city due to its close proximity to the border with the Irish
Republic, with most of its shops accepting euros as well as
sterling, later, the PSNI called on all counter staff to be more vigilant
when handling notes: "If you work in a cash handling job please take five
seconds to check all notes you are accepting", I wonder if if they accept Monopoly money as well, what do you mean it's the same thing?
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