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From: Rob Morley
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:48

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On Tue, 13 Feb 2018 08:22:46 +0000
AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote:

> On 09/02/2018 17:28, Rob Morley wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 08:06:27 +0000
> > AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> 2) The Bank of England withdrew their pound note in 1988  
> > 
> > But will still redeem withdrawn Bank of England promissory notes,
> > so it still has value, just not at the corner shop.  
> 
> 
> Indeed. When my grandfather died at 98 in the year 2000 I was
> clearing his house and found shoe boxes of rolled notes in the bottom
> of his wardrobe ranging all the way from white notes through almost
> all of the various colours and sizes to old notes. We went to the
> bank who would happily accept the money but the staff advised us to
> take it to a specialist dealer who gave us a lot more than face value.
> 
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.

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