<--I am fortunate enough never to have had to part with a note but when I hit hard times I slowly sold 8 gold soveriegns that I had bought for £40 each. I got about £150-£160 each so I made decent profit but I regret that I had to do it. They were all in good condition with each of the different portraits for each monarch on them and I know I will never replace them so that makes me sad :(