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Article #620310Re: useless old cash such as Bitcoin confusion?
From: Rob Morley
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:15
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:15
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On Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:49:18 -0000 (UTC) John Levine <jo...@taugh.com> wrote: > In article <20180213174809.7a5e614e@Mars>, > >I wonder if someone at the BofE puts old banknotes on eBay, or if > >they just destroy them. Maybe they never get them because people > >are aware of their value to numismatists. > > My associate, Ms. Google, recommends this article: > > https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/lifecycle-of-a-banknote > > Of particular note are the references to compost and to plastic plant > pots. > I meant properly old like the pre-war stuff (not recently withdrawn waste paper) that people might occasionally come across in the effects of deceased relatives and hand in to a bank. Most likely this just doesn't happen. I still have a crisp clean ten bob note somewhere that I'm hanging onto for a rainy day when I really need that 50p, or I could flog it on eBay for an astounding two guineas. ;-)
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