Can you spend an old 20 note?

Can you spend an old 20 note?

30 September 2022 is the last day you can use our paper £20 and £50 notes. Many banks will accept withdrawn notes as deposits from customers. The Post Office may also accept withdrawn notes as a deposit into any bank account you can access at the Post Office. And, you can always exchange withdrawn notes with us.

How do I exchange old Scottish banknotes?

You can look to exchange them at the following places:

  1. At your bank : The BoE says the easiest way to exchange notes is to deposit them with your bank.
  2. At the Post Office : The Post Office may also accept withdrawn notes as payment for goods and services, or as a deposit into any bank account you can access with them.

Are 50 pound notes still legal?

Are 50 pound notes still in circulation?

We first issued our paper £50 note in 2011. It features the entrepreneur Matthew Boulton and the engineer James Watt. 30 September 2022 is the last day you can use our paper £20 and £50 notes.

How do you check a note is real?

Look at the metallic image over the main window. Check the foil is gold and blue on the front of the note and silver on the back. Look for a second, smaller window in the bottom corner of the note.

How can you tell a counterfeit note?

Is your banknote fake? How to spot counterfeit polymer notes

  1. Changing hologram. When the note is tilted from side to side, the hologram at the bottom should alternate the words “Five/Ten/Twenty/Fifty” and “Pounds”.
  2. See-through windows.
  3. Queen in the window.
  4. Foil crown.
  5. Purple patch.
  6. Raised print.
  7. The small print.
  8. Ultraviolet 20.

Is there a 100 note in Scotland?

The Bank of Scotland £100 note is a sterling banknote. It is the largest of five banknote denominations issued by the Bank of Scotland. The current polymer note, first issued in 2022 bears the image of Walter Scott on the obverse and Flora Murray on the reverse.

Are 100 pound notes still valid?

These banknotes will cease to be legal currency from midnight on 30th June 2022.

What is the rarest money note?

The rarest and most celebrated of all US banknotes was never going to come cheap. But the famous 1890 Grand Watermelon $1,000 treasury note exceeded all expectations when it fetched a staggering $3.29 million (£2.6m) at auction in 2014, making it the world’s most valuable banknote, and then some.