Post Your Workhorse Notes.

Looks to have held up well!

A big 1939 500 franc note from France!

Here you are, some tired old Kiwi notes



Well used $1 and $2 notes from the late 80s, these got so bad after a few months, they were known to spread disease, put out of their misery in 1991 with coins.



The old fiver at the top, was the worst I had ever seen, it is rare to see one this worn as a £5 was a high value note in the 1950s/60s, the £1 and 10 bob were the workhorses. I paid $5 for it or half face value.





This old 1950s 10 bob note may have had the longest use for 10 or more years. The 10 bob was the lowest note and in the hands of every class, these got trashed.

Our modern Polymer notes, ensure very few get trashed, they are more likely to fade now.


This shot shows $50s from the 1999/03 (Brash), 2004/11 (Bollard) and 2012/15 (Wheeler) eras and all are at least gVF after 20+ years of use.

Orac - Those Irish notes are beautiful - slante! I have one too, but its a battered £1 from 1985!!

Great examples of some hardworking notes!

This old Icelandic banknote definitely looks like it had been passed around a lot...



Think there's something written on the back as well, though I hadn't tried to read it.

I like that Icelandic note, @january1may! It's lived quite a hard life.

2000 Great Britain Bank of England £10 (P-389c):

Outstanding examples!