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Greetings, How much should one expect to pay for the following notes: £5 - Kentfield - Prefix AA04 - AUNC £5 - Gill - Prefix A03 - UNC Many thanks  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Hi Collector28, I don't know about those specific prefixes, but you could have a look at Pam West's website, where a lot of Bank of England notes are listed. http://www.britishnotes.co.uk/?page...ategoryid=17There is a contact page, so you could e-mail or phone them if you need a price for a specific prefix. |
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Hi NumisRob, thanks for the reply.
I have had a look, I can find notes that are close to these but not exact - I'm not sure of the value difference between A02 and A03, for instance. I imagine there will be a slight depreciation but am unsure as to exactly how much.
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Bedrock of the Community
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You could send a PM to ScotsGreyhound - he seems to be the forum's resident expert on British notes.
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@NumisRob, I am very flattered but in no way am I an expert on British banknotes.
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United Kingdom
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Nice to know there is a collector of British notes on here - I've no idea how to send PMs, though!
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Ended up buying them - one arrived today. Really happy with it, flawless (barring a slight handling mark).
On another note, it appears as though these is a tiny bit of debris on the surface of one of the notes I have - noticed it when I was perusing my folder. Is there a safe way to remove this?
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Pam West has some good stock but isn't particularly cheap and rarely gives discounts...she is usually my last call if I can't source something elsewhere (at shows I visit her stall last) I personally like dealing with Colin Narbeth and sons
As to serials, AA01 clearly carries a premium, and I think AAxx carries some premium too but I am not sure there is likely to be a huge difference between AA02 and AA03.... either it is AA01 or it isn't and the next best thing is AA? This is my personal take on it and maybe I am not in touch but given the choice between AA02 and AA03 I wouldn't be paying extra for AA02.
I do pay extra for first and last serials only because the market dictates, personally I am not so interested...I want good notes with the different cashier signatures and versions.
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@DavidUK that was sort of my logic too - I'd definitely take a nicer AA03 over a less nice AA02 any day.
On another note - since banks and building societies will still exchange the older notes, do you reckon it's possible to ask to see if they have any? Admittedly you probably wouldn't get too high grade examples (most would probably be grandma trading in a note she found in a battered old purse), but you might be able to get some of the older designs for face value - anyone know if this could be done?
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Once a date is set and passed for the withdrawal of old notes I believe only the main bank takes them.
I suppose tellers might come across some oddities but what with this age of automation I can't remember the last time I dealt with a physical teller... I am certainly not friendly with any.
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03/21/2020 3:01 pm
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The building society I go to has definitely taken old notes before - my sister paid some of the paper notes in well after the deadline. I'm not friendly with any tellers, but I'd imagine it might be rewarding if you knew one.
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I don't know about those specific prefixes, but you could have a look at Pam West's website, -Great website "NumisRob" (one I seen before but forgot about) Thanks for sharing. -Great info on the replacements and short prefixes. I still don't get why collectors seek the first prefixes (they're super common here in Canada) but definitely understand desires for short last prefixes (if they're truly uncommon). The Philippines use a single letter prefix initially (& then resort to double-letter) so I suppose that could factor in if that's the UK system. Pam's website also features explicit info on: "Break Number/Split Prefix" which we call "change-over" prefixes (or signatures). We even had year change-overs during our last paper series (which were fun to collect). Quote:
I'm not friendly with any tellers, but I'd imagine it might be rewarding if you knew one - this is a great way to score some older banknotes & I see members of some FB groups still doing this. I used to do it myself occasionally for special serial numbers (& while it can be frustrating/labour intensive) there were many great rewarding moments. Good luck! |
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@walk2dwater - It must be worth it if you can befriend them, I've done similar for coins (I scored a few sets of the Olympic 50ps by being friendly with someone at a post office). I might give it a try, though I don't really visit physical banks/building societies very often.
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Once a date is set and passed for the withdrawal of old notes I believe only the main bank takes them. As a tour guide (currently unemployed thanks to Coronavirus), I not infrequently get obsolete Bank of England notes, brought back to the UK by someone from a previous visit, or given to them by a family member who had been before. Typically the tour participant asks me for help when he or she finds the Westminster Abbey or Canterbury Cathedral Gift Shop refuses the tatty Stephenson £5 or Dickens £10 note that Uncle Albert brought back from his vacation in 1994! I'll come to the rescue and swap it with a current banknote. My bank will change them, but the cashier usually writes down on a form the serial numbers of the old notes I'm paying in, and stamps each note with a rubber stamp. So I very much doubt if they would hand those notes out to a collector afterwards! Naturally, on the rare occasions when I get a collectable note from a tour participant, I keep it! |
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@walk2dwater - It must be worth it if you can befriend them, - it took a great deal of effort Collector28 (I won't sugarcoat it for you), courtesy (to be patient/polite yet friendly) plus a little "sugar" to "sweeten the deal." Banks are busy places & they don't make money by exchanging large amounts of UNC banknotes (bundles) for old Twenties. This technique I call "recycle money" (because I'm trading old for new). Our tellers are paid minimum wage (as a general rule) so they're not too keen to help us out (with menial tasks of money in/money out and counting it all). Many made hints for me to use the ABMs.  After I scored a radar (or repeater serial number) from a befriended teller-  I bought his branch a dozen donuts and gave the same teller an old CDN catalogue on paper money. But I also had to be careful not to push my luck (& know when to back off, if that was required) so not to get any staff in trouble (for helping out). At another branch, a different teller was going to give me some old notes (he knew I collected) that came in and then he had a sudden change of heart (after a manager spoked to him). So they do get to know you- and its part luck and "part sugar." As I posted earlier, I still see some collectors from FB groups doing it. We (Canada) will be having the new $5 banknote designs come around next year so I will have to start getting to know some staff at one of my preferred branches.  |
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