woolybanana Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Reluctantly I have to go to the UK for the first time in ten or so years and would like to use up the few sterling banknotes I have kicking around. However, I think that some may have gone out of use, for example the one with Boudicca's head on it and the one with Hitler's standard on it. Could some kind soul please tell an old man what is still legal tender as I am sure that using the wrong banknote is an offence in the dying kingdom of Caligula or is it Nero?Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 £20 notes are blue with a picture of Adam Smith on the reverse; £10 notes are brown with a picture of Charles Darwin; fivers are green with Elizabeth Fry's picture. I never seem to get anything bigger myself.Edit: this might help, it says that the Edward Elgar £20 notes are still OK up to June.Scottish, Jersey etc notes seem to be quite widely accepted in bigger shops. Many will also take euros.Do try to enjoy your trip. It's not as bad over here as certain people make out. Caligula resigned and was replaced by Gordonus Fuscus. But rumour has it the Ides of May are nigh for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 I don't think the big white £5 notes or the old brown 10 shilling notes are still accepted. [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 Thank you Will. Q, that is a pity as I was keeping a pile of them along with a huge bottle of half crowns for my next trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Thank you from me too, Will, as I am in exactly the same position as WB, and have to dig out my old notes. We are going separately, though.[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 Shucks, and you promised! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Old notes are still valid for their face value but have to be sent to the Bank of England. Recently, I was an executor of a will and had to sort out a whole pile of old notes. You just fill in a form and send them off.http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/about/faqs.htm#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Thank you Cathy. Thanks to you I was able to download the right form and will be able to exchange, by post, the few £10 notes I'd kept for a rainy day - obsolete since 2003!!![:'(] Shall I do yours at the same time WB, or would that blow your cover?[blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Forget the half crowns Wooly ...the 2p coins especially the older ones are worth more in scrap copper than the face value .Problem is melt them down and and you go to jail ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 So, does this go the other way - I have a few francs from the 80's and I think a few from the war period (grandfather) is there a bank of france who would swap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 [quote user="Cathy"]Recently, I was an executor of a will and had to sort out a whole pile of old notes. [/quote]As you are an old fashioned girl surely you were an executrix?Latin scholars rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissie Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Sadly today - NONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Ita vero!!Ita vero!!Ita vero!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Just came across this.It seems that quite a few old franc notes can still be exchanged for euroshttp://www.anglophone-direct.com/Le-Pascal-still-worth-a-quid-or Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 [quote user="bubbles"]Ita vero!! Ita vero!! Ita vero!![/quote]I am very fond of her sister, Allo Vera![;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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