Victoria Cleland, the Bank's chief cashier, who has her signature appear on notes, said: "Banknotes are more than just an ...

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A previous auction held by the BoE saw newly-printed £5 polymer notes sell for thousands of pounds too, Kate said. The polymer note with the lowest serial number, AA01 000017, sold for a sizeable ...

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Spink & Sons held four auctions for £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes alongside the Bank of England’s chief cashier and executive director of banking Sarah John over the summer.

A sheet of £50 notes set a record by selling for £26,000, the highest lot ever sold in a Bank of England banknote auction A £10 note with the serial number HB01 00002 sold for £17,000 ...

During another lot, a sheet of 40 connected £50 notes - with a face value of £2,000 - sold for £26,000. That was a record for any Bank of England auction.

The Bank of England confirmed with This is Money that the first printed serial numbers are - CA 01 000001 (£5), HB 01 000001 (£10), EH 01 000001 (£20) and AJ 01 000001 (£50).

The Bank of England, or BoE, is the central bank of the United Kingdom. Through its monetary tools and policy decisions, it can shape the pound exchange rate and influence international trade. Many ...

Close to £600m worth of £5 notes have been destroyed since 2020, with fewer than £500m worth of new bills printed over the same period, Bank of England figures show.

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