Paper £5 Notes - Still Legal Tender?

[Short Grain]

Are these still Legal Tender?
Got one in my change earlier, didn't twig 'till I got home! Can I spend it or should I take it to the bank?

[User33678888]

Fine til early May.

[Cold]

No, they're illegal now. If you send it to me I'll dispose of it for you free of charge and with no legal ramifications for you.

[Krikkit]

5th May is the cutoff.

[Short Grain]

Cheers Guys!!
Cold, I'll sell it to you for a Tenner!!

[Fore Left]

Short Grain said:

Cheers Guys!!
Cold, I'll sell it to you for a Tenner!!

I'm happy to provide Escrow for this trade. Please send your notes to me

[droopsnoot]

Strange though that there seems to have been far more publicity about the current £1 coins going out of legal tender in October when the replacement hasn't even gone into circulation yet, than the removal of the old fivers in a much shorter time.

[Ste1987]

droopsnoot said:

Strange though that there seems to have been far more publicity about the current £1 coins going out of legal tender in October when the replacement hasn't even gone into circulation yet, than the removal of the old fivers in a much shorter time.

I can only assume people may have more pound coins on them than fivers, be they in their wallet or in a savings tin.

[jeff m2]

Promise to pay the bearer

Until I change my mind....

A bit inconvenient for people who travel and like to keep one days money in cash for easy arrival.

[randlemarcus]

jeff m2 said:

Promise to pay the bearer

Until I change my mind....

A bit inconvenient for people who travel and like to keep one days money in cash for easy arrival.

That promise is a Bank of England one, who will happily exchange the old white fiver , that is the size of a napkin, for a current one.

It is not the promise from your local greengrocer.

Anyone who has a drawer full of little plastic folders with a bit of local currency is probably organised enough to take note of legal tender rules for their target destination, and also probably sensible enough to carry a range of banknotes, not all of which are scraggly fivers.

Have you also moaned about the INR notes?

[Craikeybaby]

I got caught out with with Swedish 20Kr notes a few years back. Annoying, but fortunately not worth too much.

[SilverSixer]

You'll always be able to change them, in person, for new ones at the Bank of England. My mother-in-law got stitched by an exchange office abroad recently when they gave her a well out of date £50 note. We swapped it at the BoE for new notes when she got here.