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The Bank of England's plan to change the look of banknotes has caused anger amongst some. A public consultation has been ...
The Bank of England has been accused of "severing British history" after announcing plans to consider removing historic ...
The public are to be given the chance to decide who or what is depicted on Britain’s banknotes, with everything from food and ...
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 ...
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.
Bank of England could deliver a cautious message The Bank of England is widely seen maintaining its benchmark interest rate at 5.25% following its policy meeting on Thursday. In addition to the ...
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).
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.