fake £5 notes

[pusskin]

Well well well, got really caught out today with a £5 note --was a fake and would never have guessed. lady in chemist noticed it straight away and I was told to take it to the bank and get a new one Pheew, had me worried for a bit, so watch out Abers x

[Traci66]

Also with real notes the wording of Bank of England is slightly raised.

[pusskin]

Out of date notes dont look no different unless pointed out to you and then you wonder how on earth you could over look them .

[ronnietoon]

off topic but read a book called "funny money" by stephen jory

[baza]

a bit of a clue to watch for is the £5 is bigger on the new notes so if your checking a pile of notes the smaller figure stands out amongst the others.

[whiskeryron]

Are the Doubloons & Groats I'm still carrying about still legal tender ?

[baza]

wr only on sailing ships

[ChuckFickens]

If it had of been fake the shop would have been breaking the law by giving you the note back.

And banks will not exchange fake notes.

[bednobs]

well according to Ummm they do!

[Kiki-frog]

Oh, you scared me for a minute, pusskin. Yes, banks will still change old fivers for you.

I've been caught out many times by the fake pound coins that are in circulation. They're the ones that parking meters, vending machines, etc won't accept. (One instance where machines are more clever than humans.) It's really annoying when you think you have enough cash to park, only to find you haven't.

[pusskin]

I dont think for one minute that banks would be so kind to let you off that easy in giving exchanges for genuine money if they were fake, haha x

[brenda]

I had a fiver a couple of weeks ago , which didn't feel right, seemed thinner. Do not know how I came by it , but used it in a car park pay machine and received the right change back, so think I was very lucky indeed.

[mike11111]

The point is that this was NOT a fake note, but a genuine one now withdrawn from circulation. Whilst no longer legal tender they are still promissory notes valid with the Bank of England. If you should come across a stash of old white fivers (withdrawn from circulation in 1957) the Bank of England will still redeem them. Of course you would be stupid to do so as their value as collectors' items far exceeds their face value.

[askyourgran]

.....better start pulling the floorboards up. Do you mean the £5 aren't white any more?