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Re:Scotland to seek second independence referendum by krona on Monday March 13, 2017 @10:11AM (#13857921)
> Forced by whom

Forced by currency speculators. New currencies are always strained, and given an independent Scotland would be close to bankruptcy anyway, a fully-pegged currency would be (how do I say this) difficult.

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Re:Scotland to seek second independence referendum by vidarh on Monday March 13, 2017 @10:30AM (#13858060)
You're talking pegging, but my earlier comment was about keeping GBP as the official currency. The two are separate options.
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