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An extremely rare £500 note printed by the Bank of England in 1936 is expected to fetch more than £20,000 when it goes for sale. The rare artefact is the first of its kind to ever be sold at ...

£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 ...

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 ...

But there can be downsides to cash notes - when they get damaged. Almost £50,000 worth of cash damaged in washing machines was refunded by the Bank of England last year. There were also refunds ...

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 ...