old banknotes

[Guest livinin]

i have a few old 1981 £50 notes with the picture of Christopher wren on it. worth more than £50 by any chance? before i exhchange them? or they just old crap notes. i have some other old notes too.

[Chris Perkins 228]

If they're mint or near mint then they will be worth more than £50.

There are no doubt some rarer serial numbers too, the first and last prefixes usually have a premium, as do replacement notes etc. But basically, if they're tatty, pay them in to your bank account.

[Guest anna]

i have a few old 1981 £50 notes with the picture of Christopher wren on it. worth more than £50 by any chance? before i exhchange them? or they just old crap notes. i have some other old notes too.

Could anyone help me with this question: How much 60 pences in 1936 would be worth nowdays? 60 pences was the price of the first penguin paperbacks sold when the company was lauched in 1936. I wonder what was the price of a pint of milk or some essential food in 1936?

Thanks a lot for your knowledge.

[Peter 615]

By 60 pences do you mean 5 Shillings ?

There were 240 pennies to the pound

12 pennies to a shilling

480 half pennies to a £

960 farthings to a £

Don't forget there were no supermarkets in those days and people used to live off the land (and their wits) to a certain extent.

In the 40/50's my dad was sent out snaring rabbits or catching fish for the table.

There certainly were not fat waddling kids stuffing their faces in Burger King whilst texting their mates.

[Chris Perkins 228]

i have a few old 1981 £50 notes with the picture of Christopher wren on it. worth more than £50 by any chance? before i  exhchange them? or they just old crap notes. i have some other old notes too.

Could anyone help me with this question: How much 60 pences in 1936 would be worth nowdays? 60 pences was the price of the first penguin paperbacks sold when the company was lauched in 1936. I wonder what was the price of a pint of milk or some essential food in 1936?

Thanks a lot for your knowledge.

5 Shillings for a paper back in 1936 would have been a hell of a lot of money! Probably something like at least GB£10.00 nowadays, or US$18.00 I would imagine. Are you sure they were that much, they're cheaper now.

[Guest me]

the £50's are nearly perfect. its only got a couple of bends in the paper, nearly folds.

the corners are a little curled up.

everything seems to be really good. i've handled them a little. but theyre great. i'm saving 2.

in case they are ever worth anything. i cant afford to keep the rest.

only about 2k in 50's. but most tatty, except for about 10 or 15.

[Chris Perkins 228]

Keep a perfect one if you can, but if there are any creases or folds, or any signs whatsoever of it not being a perfect flat sheet of newly printed banknote paper, then go get some new cash for it! If not perfect it won't be worth a lot more than for value for quite some time....And £50 is a lot of money.