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2 hours ago, dollarydoos said:

Thanks for showing them. I quite like the more intense colour. Would you mind showing the reverse as well?

I was wondering when exactly they would come out. For how long will the old £20s remain valid in shops?

I completely missed the transition to new £5 and £10 notes, and when I've been to the UK again last year, I tried to pay with the old tenners I still had from the previous trip, only to be told that they aren't accepted anymore. Fortunately I didn't have too many; I ended up mailing them to the Bank of England and got reimbursed by direct deposit. I had to provide an "explanation" for where I had the money from and why I still had it. They seemed to be quite serious about it, but even if they thought I was laundering, 50 quid probably wouldn't qualify as a major operation, so "from a trip two years ago" was good enough apparently.

I googled it back then and found that the new £20s would be introduced in 2020, so this time I made sure to not take any £20s back with me.

For anyone in the UK: Is it normal that apparently every single cash machine only dispenses £10 and £20 notes? No £5 or £50? How do British parents even have the right cash to pay pocket money? Would I even be able to get away with paying with a £50 somewhere? I already had the impression that insisting on using cash instead of contactless put me on some sort of list.

It's not that different in the Netherlands where I live, but I'm originally from Germany. Cash payments are one of the few noticable cultural differences that I refuse to adjust to. I will use cash until it's illegal. I vaguely remember a recent survey asking people if they would trust Facebook with their financial data. Hell, I don't even trust my bank with my financial data.

Never had a £50 note out of a cash machine but plenty do £5 now usually in student areas though to be honest.

And apart from corner shops I've never had a problem spending 50s. Morrisons supermarket take them. Petrol stations take them. Local pubs take them (but they do know me). 

I pay cash where ever possible, if a few of us ever go for a meal I'm never in the queue to use the card machine 😁

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12 hours ago, dollarydoos said:

Thanks for showing them. I quite like the more intense colour. Would you mind showing the reverse as well?

I was wondering when exactly they would come out. For how long will the old £20s remain valid in shops?

I completely missed the transition to new £5 and £10 notes, and when I've been to the UK again last year, I tried to pay with the old tenners I still had from the previous trip, only to be told that they aren't accepted anymore. Fortunately I didn't have too many; I ended up mailing them to the Bank of England and got reimbursed by direct deposit. I had to provide an "explanation" for where I had the money from and why I still had it. They seemed to be quite serious about it, but even if they thought I was laundering, 50 quid probably wouldn't qualify as a major operation, so "from a trip two years ago" was good enough apparently.

I googled it back then and found that the new £20s would be introduced in 2020, so this time I made sure to not take any £20s back with me.

For anyone in the UK: Is it normal that apparently every single cash machine only dispenses £10 and £20 notes? No £5 or £50? How do British parents even have the right cash to pay pocket money? Would I even be able to get away with paying with a £50 somewhere? I already had the impression that insisting on using cash instead of contactless put me on some sort of list.

It's not that different in the Netherlands where I live, but I'm originally from Germany. Cash payments are one of the few noticable cultural differences that I refuse to adjust to. I will use cash until it's illegal. I vaguely remember a recent survey asking people if they would trust Facebook with their financial data. Hell, I don't even trust my bank with my financial data.

All I ever get from an ATM is 5,  10 and 20 notes 😁 As I am from Germany as well I do like to keep a cash reserve securely locked away at home. Had to go my bank and change it to 50s. Almost everyone I know has no cash reserves at home here in the UK. All digital - that is a trust in a feeble system I do not understand.

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3 minutes ago, Jamesd said:

I love that that's u being restraint lol. Nice coin 😆👍

I was hoping for the 1oz Silver Proof offerings to have a classic design such as the 5oz Silver and the larger Gold- I would have been in- I had the 5oz in and out of my basket more times than a whore’s drawers are dropped-  @kneehow2018‘s 1/2oz Brit came along to save the day! 

7 minutes ago, JunkBond said:

It's not Mexican @richatthecroft 😂

Mmm...yes- but @PolarPanda tempted me today into more of México’s finest- at least the Britannia will in a small way, redress some of the premium of the incoming Libs. 

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4 minutes ago, mr1030 said:

QB's arrived today. 2020 White Horse of Hanover proofs in 1 oz silver and 1/4 oz gold.

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Gold looks in excellent condition! Mine appears to be going through secondary at immigrations in NY!😆 

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Oh my, haven't you heard?

The mint made a mistake....actual mintage is 440 😉 😂

Technically, alcohol is a solution..

'It [socialism] poses a growing threat, however unintentional, to the freedom of this country, for there is no freedom where the State totally controls the economy. Personal freedom and economic freedom are indivisible. You can’t have one without the other. You can’t lose one without losing the other.'

"There is no such thing as public money, there is only taxpayers' money"

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.

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25 minutes ago, Caratacus said:

Thank you for showing these. Very interesting particularly the Brass ingot

 Thanks, in have also a Titanium Buffalo and looking for the copper one. Next target Is Indium but they are kind of pricey.

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