Does anybody collect rare notes / coins?

[wesimmo]

My mum just found 100 sequentially numbered £1 notes with the original paper retaining band with the withdrawal date in 1982 hand written on it.

They are in almost perfect condition as far as a layman can tell, they've been kept in a lock box for as long as we know.

Does anybody know if they may be worth anything beyond the obvious £100? I've had a quick google and looked on ebay but this seems quite a rare thing to have.

 

[wesimmo]

I found a facebook group and someone messaged me to say he thought £1 notes were worth £7-10 individually....

I'll have to look into some dealers and collectors locally and go with her when I'm next down here.

 

[wesimmo]

 

[wesimmo]

Uncirculated means literally:



Not that they never went into circulation. I mean, you have to get the notes somehow, unless you literally took them from the printing press.

IBNS Grading Standards

International Bank Note Society; a non-profit educational organization aiming to promote, stimulate, and advance the study and knowledge of worldwide banknotes and paper currencies.

www.theibns.org

I see what you're saying, but it's not about "in most peoples' eyes" it's about the condition as defined by strict grading standards.

I'm definitely going to see about getting them appraised.

The UNC bit is interesting, my bro in law found some listed on ebay for £999 described as UNC with that little red paper band round.

I'd guess my grandpa took them out and stashed them somewhere as he liked to collect coins for sure, these were in a lockbox with a load of special edition coins etc that aren't worth much themselves.

 

[wesimmo]

Stamp auctions and coin auctions by Corbitt Stamps, philatelic and numismatic dealers and auctioneers.

www.corbitts.com

This guy will give you an honest and free of charge appraisal.

Good chap. He has lots of notes in his shop. I suspect any value will more be in the overall nature of them rather than the individual notes, but I’m not the expert.

Would be interested to hear how you get on!

Thanks, will give thema shout, pity i drove back from the East Mids to Newcastle last night without the notes!

 

[wesimmo]

Apparently that dealer would give face value and look to sell for maybe £1.50.

He said you might get £2 per note on ebay for the consecutive numbers.