Edward Elgar £20 notes

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 10:04

Are these notes still legal does anyone know.

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 10:11

Hi cyprusjoker,

Just googled it, no...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10453756

Navek

martinev


Joined: 24/10/2008
Posts: 320

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 10:23

Hi cyprusjoker.



If you can arrange for someone to take any that you have to the Bank of England, they will exchange for what is deemed to be the then current "legal tender" on a pound for pound basis.



This is also what would happen if, for example, you found a stash of the old "white fivers" or any other Sterling currency (i.e. notes and coinage) that was made "not legal tender".



Martinev

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 10:32

I got 8 of these in amongest £5k the other day from an exchange place. The Bastads !

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 10:52

Msg 4

I can't understand why you didn't go back to them and remonstrate, it's not everyday they change £5K so you must be remembered.



Richard

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 18:55

We got some of these amongst a withdrawal from the TEB ATM a few months ago. We didn't discover it until we went to pay school fees and they wouldn't accept them. Luckily, we had a receipt for the withdrawal and went back to the bank later the same day. After a short 'discussion' where they stated they were legal in Cyprus, they agreed to swap them for the latest notes. We haven't used their ATM for Sterling since.

Mrs G.

Tango1


Joined: 19/02/2011
Posts: 1151

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 19:17

Msg. 3 I think if you found a stash of of the old white fivers, you should do something rather more than exchange for modern fivers. Ebay would probably be the place for them, or a decent auction house back in the UK!! If in reasonable condition.



Tango1

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 19:48

I was given lot of NF post 2WW French Franc bank notes to cash in at the French Central Bank and the teller had a fit, refusing to cash them in at face value as they were worth considerably more on the open market. I gave the seller face value which she was happy with even after I explained they were worth more and I still have them! Well, she was my God-Mother!



Richard