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Perhaps someone in the current world of finance could enlighten me: has the law on legal tender changed? Surely cash, within the legal limits, (http://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/policies-and-guidelines/legal-tender-guidelines) must be accepted if offered in settlement of a debt? Is not every vendor taking part in this scheme conspiring with the organisers to break the law? Shouldn't Leicestershire's Finest be on to this, dragging the offenders off to the Beak?