Quote from: salty on May 02, 2013, 12:02:13 AM

Yes it does mean you could pay them back like that. And if they don't accept it and take you to court you would win the case, because it is legal tender.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but how I read the above chart is that the smallest denomination he could use and it have to be accepted is the 20p coin, since the debt is £10.00.

Yes, the suggested split keeps those individual amounts below their individual limits, but the total debt of £10.00 is what's being paid, not 4 separate debts of £0.20, £0.20, £5.00, and £4.60.

At this point, however, I think you've wasted far more time - and suffered far more frustration - determining how small a denomination you can give than will be inflicted on the recipient by being handed either assortment of change.