{"id":1015,"date":"2017-05-08T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidwithington.com\/blog\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2017-05-04T21:47:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T20:47:27","slug":"old-five-pound-note-missed-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/old-five-pound-note-missed-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Five Pound Notes: Missed The Deadline?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Five<\/a><\/h2>\n

Can I Still Exchange Those Old Five Pound Notes?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Now they’re no longer legal tender, what exactly can you do with the old five-pound notes?<\/span><\/p>\n

Haha!\u00a0<\/span>You thought<\/em> you’d spent all your old \u00a35 notes.<\/span><\/p>\n

That is… until you found that bunch of them in the drawer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, never mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because, according to the press, your bank will probably still take them.<\/span><\/p>\n

And in return, they’ll give you some nice, shiny, plastic, unfoldable, unstraightenable new ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Have fun trying to straighten your new five pound\u00a0note<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Don’t go to any bank though. If you pop into Lloyds but don’t have an account with Lloyds, they’ll probably tell you to go away and take the problem to your own bank!<\/span><\/p>\n

But that arrangement is only for a short time. They don’t say how long. But I wouldn’t wait too long to exchange your fivers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Exchanging a Five Pound Note After a Few Years<\/span><\/h2>\n
\"Five<\/a>
The old Five Pound Note from the sofa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But what if, in three years time, you find an old five-pound note down the back of the sofa?<\/span><\/p>\n

Snookered, or what?<\/span><\/p>\n

Not really. But it depends on where you live.<\/span><\/p>\n

Uh? Not one of those North\/South divide issues again, is it, David?<\/span><\/p>\n

No. But if you don’t live in London, it could be tricky.<\/span><\/p>\n

You see…<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Bank of England<\/a><\/span>\u00a0says they will always exchange your old banknotes.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, if you look carefully on your fiver (or any banknote which has been issued by the Bank of England), you’ll see a promise.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s written in tiny letters, so you’ll need to put on your reading glasses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Can you see it?<\/span><\/p>\n

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I promise to pay the bearer on demand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It says “I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of five pounds”.<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s a nice little promise from the Bank’s Governor, isn’t it?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So all you need to do is arrange a nice break in the City, and pop into the Bank of England.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But I’d check they’ll be open first. They like time off at weekends – and Bank Holidays<\/em>!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nice little promise on their website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Change Your Five Pound Notes by Post<\/span><\/h2>\n

But what if…<\/span><\/p>\n