![]() ![]() 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.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. 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. Go here for the very latest breaking news updates from across the North East Quirky serial number, banknotes with errors or simply being very rare hall mark the notes out as special interest to collecters and are now changing hands for much more than their cover price on auction platforms like eBay, the Sun reports. If you fancy a Christmas windfall, you might strike lucky if you check your purse or wallet.įor anyone who finds a fiver with 'special' details could cash it in for more than £100. ![]()
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