Are these £50 still legal tender?

[extraT]

A relative gave me a bunch of £50 notes as they have no intention of visiting the UK at all… they are the old paper style notes… are they still legal tender? If not can I swap them at a bank (we will be in the UK for Christmas).

[stinkyspanner]

If you have a UK bank account they'll accept them, otherwise you can queue up at the Bank of England

[gotoPzero]

Last year the paper one went out. You can swap at most big banks still as its only 12 months. Or PO.

[Super Sonic]

You can swap them at a bank as long as you haven't got a sackful.

[gotoPzero]

Ah you are not in the UK. Well try this

https://www.postoffice.co.uk/banknote-exchange

Max is £300 I think.

You have to show ID.

[extraT]

Perfect, I knew PH would have the answer! I’ll take them with me and swap at the bank or give them to a mate to exchange!

Cheers!

ET!

[Mr Pointy]

In my experience a bank won't just change the notes & give you new ones - they have to be paid into an account. I tried Barclays, Nat West, Nationwide & Lloyds & none of them would do it.

[nismocat]

If the serial numbers are sequential I would be worried.

Is your "relative" a bank blagger?

[RJO]

A couple of thoughts if you have difficulty...

Go to a Casino and exchange it for chips, then cash the chips in.

Find an agent for you credit card, and deposit it into that account.

[mikey_b]

Mr Pointy said:

In my experience a bank won't just change the notes & give you new ones - they have to be paid into an account. I tried Barclays, Nat West, Nationwide & Lloyds & none of them would do it.

That's not my experience though, so it must vary. I walked into Lloyds a couple of months ago with some paper tenners and walked back out with the same value in newer plastic ones. TBF I am an account holder there, but other than waving a Lloyds debit card in the general direction of the cashier, they didn't seem to care too much.

Maybe if it's hundreds of pounds or more, it'd be different. I think it was only about £30 or £40 in my case.

[Mr Pointy]

mikey_b said:

Mr Pointy said:

In my experience a bank won't just change the notes & give you new ones - they have to be paid into an account. I tried Barclays, Nat West, Nationwide & Lloyds & none of them would do it.

That's not my experience though, so it must vary. I walked into Lloyds a couple of months ago with some paper tenners and walked back out with the same value in newer plastic ones. TBF I am an account holder there, but other than waving a Lloyds debit card in the general direction of the cashier, they didn't seem to care too much.

Maybe if it's hundreds of pounds or more, it'd be different. I think it was only about £30 or £40 in my case.

I didn't get as far as discussing the amount - they just said they would have to be paid in, even at my own bank.