Old £5 notes

Thanks Husky

The alternative is to hang on to them for 50 years and see if you can auction them off for £10!

or better still the correct way to dispose of them is to send the to me  lol

As I will be in excess of 110yrs old by then ,I think I'll pass on that but thanks..

Apparently there are already forgeries in circulation of the new plastic five pound note. I understand that the forgeries are missing the Big Ben tower in the see through window. Didn't take the crooks long.

Then  the  next  date  is  sometime in  October  I  believe,  when  the  Round  £1  coins  go,  to  be  replaced  with  the  new  12 -- sided  one .Rather  like  the  old  thruppenny  bit,  and  worth  about  the  same  

 Twelve sided ??  ??  That's going to grind hole's in the pockets !!  !!

A friend works at a bank and she was telling me that the new £5 notes are not all they are cracked up to be.  Apparently if they get a nick on the edge they tear quite easily, if they are creased it's impossible to flatten them again and because of this they can't then be used in cash dispensers. Also, apparently, if you leave one in a pocket and wash it it will be OK until it's tumble dried when it will then shrink!

I don't dispute what you say but don't understand how they can design so badly.our daughter lives in NZ and their notes are very similar to our new fivers they are a beggar to fold as they spring back. But as far as I know no cash machine or washing drier issues.  Do we never do research?

You're probably right about their value. According to something I read £1 coin introduced 1983 and they reckon now has buying power if 32p. FTSE 100 would have been  £11.66.

I find new £5s terrible to fold, so when you put one in your pocket, watch out as it may bounce out.  On the note of the older £5s, I will dig my cache up from the back garden