New £5 note

[Cornishfarmer]

New £5 note revealed today, would it be worth going into a bank and asking for £1000 worth when they are realised so they will be low ish serial numbers.  Will they ever be worth more than £5?

[HawkHybrid]

will they be worth more than accumulated inflation when the time

comes for you to sell?

 

HH

[Oldun]

If The UK votes "in" to Europe, then yes, they would become "rare" as we would lose the pound I am assuming ?

[SoulUK]

21 minutes ago, Oldun said:

If The UK votes "in" to Europe, then yes, they would become "rare" as we would lose the pound I am assuming ?

I'm sure we would still retain GBP if the vote ends with "in"

[Oldun]

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-32810887

 

That's what Cameron says and we know what his promises are worth......

[Paul]

I've kept this white fiver from my grandad my wallet for when Newcastle Utd win some silver wear for the St James Park trophy cabinet

When he got it, it would have filled the bar a round of drinks or a magnum of champagne

Today it will get me a pint and bag of nuts if I'm lucky

By the time they win something, it will probaly not buyer the mixer for a measure of spirit

[Oldun]

 

[lee]

not really a fan of polymer notes,so many of them will be printed.i would only go for the 1st prefix or low number/high number.

everyone will be putting these away.

very timely, releasing a note with Churchill on, with the referendum on the way.

[HelpingHands]

It's smaller so about the same size as the Euro.

[MikeOxlong]

Loving the colours on the note!

[ApisMellifera]

... and the £10 and £20 ...  I think they are planned for 2017

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/characters/default.aspx

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/characters/austen.aspx

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/characters/nexttwenty.aspx

 

 

 

[Pete]

Could be worth holding onto a few crisp new notes made of paper once the polymer notes take over.

In years to come the original notes might become collectible especially if in pristine condition ?

 

[BaldyBob]

3 hours ago, SoulUK said:

I'm sure we would still retain GBP if the vote ends with "in"

You may be correct in the short term, but very wrong in the long term. 'Remain' means full steam ahead to full integration within the Eurozone and a Federal EU.

On the bright side increasing unrest within the EU might kill it before we adopt the Euro.

Back on topic , I love the idea of a Churchill £5, and if it is anything like the Australian money, then it is a long overdue development. Doesn't this move to more durable fiat hint that cash isn't going to disappear anytime soon?

[Scuzzle]

Just now, BaldyBob said:

You may be correct in the short term, but very wrong in the long term. 'Remain' means full steam ahead to full integration within the Eurozone and a Federal EU.

On the bright side increasing unrest within the EU might kill it before we adopt the Euro.

Back on topic , I love the idea of a Churchill £5, and if it is anything like the Australian money, then it is a long overdue development. Doesn't this move to more durable fiat hint that cash isn't going to disappear anytime soon?

Alternatively it's a symbol that allows the BOE to say they were committed to the future of paper money but due to circumstances that nobody could have foreseen plans had to change.

[sovereignsteve]

I watched Mark Carnage being interviewed about the new plastic notes at Blenheim Palace this evening. I couldn't believe my ears when the interviewer asked why they were bothering with new notes when surely the future was cashless as everyone was using the new electronic payment methods. He was positively drooling about it - moron!