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£500 notes are very rare, and in fact only available from three Bank of England branches - London, Liverpool and Leeds, although some were issued in Birmingham and Manchester none have ever come ...

The "extremely rare" £500 note from the Bank of England branch in Leeds dated 1936 is set to fetch between £18,000 and £20,000 at auction. "Of those available, Leeds branch, like this one ...

A rare £500 note printed by the Bank of England (BoE) nearly 90 years ago could sell for more than £20,000 when it goes under the hammer. The banknote from 1936 is the first of its kind ever to be ...

As of Sept. 30, almost £6 billion of old £50 notes and more than £5 billion of the £20 ones will no longer be accepted by UK businesses, the Bank of England said Friday. That’s a total of ...

The old money has been replaced with longer lasting plastic cash but the Bank of England estimates there are more than £6 billion worth of paper £20 notes still tucked away in wallets ...

The note dates from October 1929 and is the only known surviving £500 note signed by Basil G Catterns, who was chief cashier of the Bank of England between 1929 to 1934. It is being sold at Noonans ...

A rare £500 note is expected to fetch up to £24,000 when it goes under the hammer at auction. The note dates from October 1929 and is the only known surviving £500 note signed by Basil G ...