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£5 - Bank of England
« on: 28 September 2016, 13:10:44 »

Was having a nosy around the bank of England site to find out what the dates are to return the old fivers was, and stumbled onto the statement:-

Defacing Banknotes

Under the Currency & Banknotes Act 1928 it is illegal to deface our banknotes (by printing, writing or impressing upon them words, letters or figures, etc.), although the question of whether or not to prosecute in individual cases is up to the police and the courts.

The people I have seen write on the notes the most are shop keepers and bank tellers, will the new bank notes stop this happening or will they start using sharpies now. ::)
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #1 on: 28 September 2016, 13:23:40 »

Maybe we can predict a surge in the sale of permanent felt tip pens ?
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #2 on: 28 September 2016, 13:28:18 »

Put them in the washing machine, it will come off.  :y

No jokes about money laundering, thank you  :)
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #3 on: 28 September 2016, 13:45:04 »

Suppose it's the same as them hand-cranked machines that crush a penny and make a squidged oval-shaped thing with 'North Smelkington Potato Museum' or whatever it may be - it's technically illegal to deface an image of the Queen, but no-one seems to care/mind at The Bank of England.
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #4 on: 28 September 2016, 13:47:15 »

There have been reports of a number of serious concerns regarding the new notes.

People have been accepting them from cash machines and suffering sudden life threatening conditions. To avoid this, please send them all immediately to me  :D
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #5 on: 28 September 2016, 13:52:49 »

Any old bastards on here remember the old half crown? 2/6d
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #6 on: 28 September 2016, 13:56:53 »

Well, I worked in an antique shop for a while, so I'm perhaps more familiar with pre-decimal currency than most!  :)
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #7 on: 28 September 2016, 13:58:06 »

Well, I worked in an antique shop for a while, so I'm perhaps more familiar with pre-decimal currency than most!  :)

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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #8 on: 28 September 2016, 14:02:19 »

Any old bastards on here remember the old half crown? 2/6d

Yep. Just about.  :-[
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #9 on: 28 September 2016, 14:14:35 »

Any old bastards on here remember the old half crown? 2/6d

Yep. Just about.  :-[

Taken out of circulation in 1970.
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #10 on: 28 September 2016, 14:31:35 »

Any old bastards on here remember the old half crown? 2/6d

Yep. Used to be the price of a pint and had to pretend to be 18
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #11 on: 28 September 2016, 15:07:45 »

Any old bastards on here remember the old half crown? 2/6d
Plus the "tanner", "florin", "threepenny bit", "10 bob note".

Suppose you can remember the farthing & groat :D
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #12 on: 28 September 2016, 15:49:21 »

Any old bastards on here remember the old half crown? 2/6d
When I were a lad, legal tender consisted of: halfpenny,  a penny (1d), threepenny bit (3d) tanner (6d) silver shilling (1s or 12d) florin (2s) half a crown (2s 6d) 10 bob note (10s) and pound note.
My grandad gave me a jar of farthings (quarter of 1d) he'd saved up. I took them to the bank and got about a quid, I think. That's 240d (pennies in a £) X 4 = 920 coins.
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #13 on: 28 September 2016, 16:44:08 »

Any old bastards on here remember the old half crown? 2/6d
I'm that old I remember the crown never mind the half crown.

Anyone remember the Guinea? apart from his Lordship obviously ;D ;D
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Re: £5 - Bank of England
« Reply #14 on: 28 September 2016, 16:52:55 »

Any old bastards on here remember the old half crown? 2/6d
I'm that old I remember the crown never mind the half crown.

Anyone remember the Guinea? apart from his Lordship obviously ;D ;D
When I started work for GPO telephones in 1969, my wage was 7 guineas per week. I picked up £6 18s 6d after deductions.
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