![]() ![]() Sign up to the StokeonTrentLive newsletter for all the latest news by clicking here. One great example is a 2p that sold for an astonishing £1,357, after it was found to b=have been minted using cupronickel - the silver metal alloy normally used to make 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins, and not the usual copper alloy. Some have chanced their arm by listing them on eBay for up to £160,000, but most sell for around £100.Īnd of course, don't forget the old favourite of note and stamp collectors - printing errors.Ī £5 note sold for a whopping £266.05 online this year because it had no signature from the chief cashier of the Bank of England.Īnd it's not just notes that may be worth more than their face value.Įrrors in production can also make coins more valuable too, and there have been some well-known errors where larger batches of coins were released into circulation after being minted with a mistake. That Christmas boost of cash could come from an unexpected £5 note you didn't know had an extra bit of value (Image: Getty Images)Īnother serial number that makes £5 notes more valuable is instantly recognisable - AK47.īanknotes starting with this prefix are worth more to collectors, bizarrely, as the number is the same as the model of the famous Russian assault rifle. Now this sounds like a lot of notes, but when you consider there are around 400 million fivers in circulation, it's actually a rare find. The first 'plastic fiver', with the serial number AA01 000001 was ceremonially presented to the Queen, leaving just 999,998 other fivers left with the prefix AA01. One such note recently sold for £99 because it had a serial number of AA01 010110, indicating it was one of the first polymer £5 notes to be made. Measuring 211mm by 133mm, it was the largest £5 ever, and was in circulation from 1945 to 1957.īut even the modern, polymer £5 can also be worth far more than its face value - provided it has something else that makes it valuable to a collector. This old-style banknote was an example of the jumbo-sized version of the fiver. If you check your home for really old fivers, you might end up quids in, as older notes can change hands for big money.įor example, a 1957 fiver recently sold for £113.11 to the highest of 28 bidders. They are now changing hands for much more than their cover price on auction platforms like eBay, and could bag you that much-needed Christmas boost of extra cash, the Sun reports. Quirky serial numbers, banknotes with printing errors, or simply very rare hallmarks are of special interest to collectors. ![]() Shoppers who find a fiver with 'special' details could bag more than £100 - and there are many ways to identify if you have one of the rare notes. Families are being urged to triple check their bank notes - to see if you're holding a small fortune in your purse or wallet. ![]()
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