Some cases have shown that fivers with an AK47 serial number have been sold for thousands of pounds online, with one dad of three making more than £1,000. Another fiver that appeared to be a hit with collectors was one with the serial code AA01 444444 on it.
Another serial number that makes £5 notes more valuable is instantly recognisable - AK47. Banknotes starting with this prefix are worth more to collectors, as the number is the same as the model of the famous Russian assault rifle. Some have been listed on eBay for up to £160,000, but most sell for around £100.
Considered collectable due to the machine gun connotations, polymer notes with the prefix AK47 were thought to be worth tens of thousands of pounds following the new £5 release in 2016. This idea emerged after a £5 banknote with the prefix AK47 fetched a winning bid of £80,100 on eBay.
new polymer five pound note with the serial number AK47 has sold on eBay for a record £80,000.
£5 notes with certain features are being sold for up to £400 on auction platforms, such as eBay. These notes have unique serial numbers with some indicating they were the first batch. Other high-value £5 notes include those with serial numbers that spell out innuendos or contain errors.
Valuable £5 notes - the signs to watch for
The closer the banknote is to the very first batch produced, the more valuable it could be. These are the notes that start with the 'AA01' prefix. If your note is then followed by a serial code in the low digits, it's likely to be even more attractive.
Some have been listed on eBay for up to £160,000, but most sell for around £100. Fivers can also be worth more if they contain printing errors. One sold for £266.05 online this year because it had no signature from the chief cashier of the Bank of England - normally a security feature on all banknotes.
It is also possible to get an AK-47 through the darknet, where costs typically range from $2,800 to $3,600.
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The AK-47 and AK-74 rifles are, by far, the most produced modern small arms in the world. Some estimates are as high as 100 million copies. That means the AK accounts for one out of every five firearms in the world.
Among all the Case Hardened AKs, The Scar is the most rare and most expensive. This is an AK-47 Case Hardened with pattern #661. It got its name in honour of a small yellow stripe on the side. Look, it's placed just above the gun's clip.
In general, however, a true AK-47 has a fully automatic setting, which is illegal in the United States. Models with semi-automatic settings are available and legal in the U.S. Manufacturers cannot make or import fully automatic weapons for the civilian market. But you can still legally buy a fully automatic AK-47.
Ak-47 rifles use a larger round than the 5.56mm rounds used in the R5, and often they use armour piercing ammunition. Meaning a police bulletproof jacket is rendered useless.
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The first was found in Wales in December 2016, the next in a Christmas card in Scotland and the most recent discovery was made in Northern Ireland meaning there is ONE left and it's likely in England.
It has been estimated that some 100 million AKs have been produced—fully half of them outside Russia, and many of those under expired Soviet-era licenses or no license at all.
The model and its variants owe their global popularity to their reliability under harsh conditions, low production cost (compared to contemporary weapons), availability in virtually every geographic region, and ease of use.
AK-47 stands for Russian Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947 (Automatic Kalashnikov 1947). Designed by Russian Mikhail Kalashnikov, it was the assault rifle used by most Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War. The rifle was adopted and standardized in 1947, thus the name.
In 1959, production began on his AKM, which replaced the AK-47's milled receiver with one made of stamped metal, making it both lighter and less expensive to produce. He also developed the cartridge-fed PK machine gun. Modified AK-47s are still in production in countries around the world.
Kalashnikov built the AK off principles of it being easy to mass-produce, easy to maintain, and easy to operate. It's so easy…kids can use it. Compared to the AR-15, the AK-47 is much easier to train users. And, of course, there's its reputation for superb reliability.
In fact, a 1969 Philips-Randall $5 note is selling for a whopping $2,250 on collectors site M.R Roberts Wynyard Coins. This kind of note is wanted by collectors, as they were part of the 'star' replacement notes issued by the Reserve Bank to replace ones that had been damaged or were faulty.
USA 1882 $100 Gold Certificate – $117,500 (£94k)
Gold certificates were used as paper currency in the USA between 1863 and 1933. They guaranteed the bearer the note's value in gold. The rarest specimens are worth a fortune – this 1882 $100 version, one of just seven, went under the hammer for $117,500 (£94k) in 2013.
We Sell Rare Australian $100 Polymer Banknotes
Some notes can be particularly valuable with the right serial numbers or if in mint condition, the rarest polymer 100 dollar bill can reach up to $2,750 each.