Old £20 notes

vincent1989 · 12 Aug 2008 at 19:50

Strife212 said:
Any english banknote HAS to be taken by the banks

no it doesn't.

Strife212 · 12 Aug 2008 at 19:51

It does, the Bank of England will always take any note, you can even take shilling notes there and get money.

CliffyBiro · 12 Aug 2008 at 19:52

Strife212 said:
It does, the Bank of England will always take any note, you can even take shilling notes there and get money.

*Hunts for Monopoly*

Strife212 · 12 Aug 2008 at 19:52

SimonTW · 12 Aug 2008 at 19:54

Can definitely still be used!

vincent1989 · 12 Aug 2008 at 19:54

Strife212 said:
It does, the Bank of England will always take any note, you can even take shilling notes there and get money.

hrrrm, did not know that, i thought the old (old) £20 (and other older notes) were no longer accepted anywhere other than the bank of england in london?

CliffyBiro · 12 Aug 2008 at 19:55

Chances are that no one will even take a good look at it. Just try and use it.

Peño · 12 Aug 2008 at 20:04

Banks will change any pound sterling as long as it hasn't been tampered with.

I doubt anyone would accept it. I tried to top up my Oyster card last week with two old £5 notes and the machine didn't accept it. It was not until I asked the cashier that I realized they weren't legal tender anymore.

Azza · 12 Aug 2008 at 20:11

Karl said:
Can you still use these?

Yes, I handle hundreds on a daily basis nearly.

milkinc13 · 12 Aug 2008 at 20:15

almost certain i've seen & handed them in/out of tills at work

Berserker · 12 Aug 2008 at 20:16

Strife212 said:
It does, the Bank of England will always take any note, you can even take shilling notes there and get money.

vincent1989 said:
hrrrm, did not know that, i thought the old (old) £20 (and other older notes) were no longer accepted anywhere other than the bank of england in london?

Perhaps you need to agree to agree, since you're both saying the same thing. The Bank of England will accept and exchange genuine English banknotes in perpetuity. Retail banks do not have to (and will not) do this.

By previous estimates, the revised series E £20 won't go out of circulation until at least sometime in mid-2009. Banks will change them for a while after that, and then it's off to the Bank of England with you. So, you've got a few years yet.

aproctor · 12 Aug 2008 at 20:17

these are the only notes out of circulation

http://www.solidgold.f2s.com/solidgold/

EDIT: i'm wrong

Begbie · 12 Aug 2008 at 20:18

Azza said:
Yes, I handle hundreds on a daily basis nearly.

I had thousands!

Just take it to the shop, whats the worst they can do.

Hxc · 12 Aug 2008 at 20:24

I think some people are a little bit dense on here

Berserker · 12 Aug 2008 at 20:51

Just out of random curiosity, what happens when Scottish banknotes go out of circulations?

L0rdMike · 12 Aug 2008 at 20:58

Karl said:
Can you still use these?

Those notes were stopped years ago, anyone who is still taking them is prob lying.

L0rdMike · 12 Aug 2008 at 20:59

Back of old note

Not so old note

New note

thecremeegg · 12 Aug 2008 at 21:07

We still take those at work, thousands in circulation still. Prob get almost as many of them as we do the new ones!

yermum · 12 Aug 2008 at 21:10

I got a new penny today..........................................

L0rdMike · 12 Aug 2008 at 21:14

thecremeegg said:
We still take those at work, thousands in circulation still. Prob get almost as many of them as we do the new ones!

The one in the original post has Michael Faraday on the back these are not in use, they were withdrawn in 2001.