Another serial number that makes £5 notes more valuable is instantly recognisable - AK47. Banknotes starting with this prefix are worth more to collectors, bizarrely, as the number is the same as the model of the famous Russian assault rifle.
The most highly prized are those with the serial code beginning in 'AA01'. If you've a good eye - you'll be able to spot the special ones when they land in your wallet. One lucky eBay seller - who happened to find two - proudly sold a freshly minted polymer £5 note as "Brand New. Uncirculated.
£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.
As a general rule of thumb your new £5 note is probably only worth its face value. However, the notes with the AA serial number can actually fetch upwards of £20.
Whilst the same excitement picked up again following the polymer £10 launch in 2017, with some collectors paying between £20 and £40 for an AK47 £10 note, prices have again come down to a much more reasonable level, with AK47 £10 banknotes selling for around £15 on eBay now.
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.
A polymer £5 note with the serial number AA01 444444 sold on eBay for £60,100 after being originally listed for just £1. The crumpled fiver attracted 136 bids from 21 different bidders before going for 12,020 times its face value.
This note replaces our paper £5 note which was withdrawn from circulation on 5 May 2017. You may be able to deposit withdrawn notes at your own bank or with the Post Office. Alternatively, you can exchange withdrawn banknotes with selected Post Office branches or with the Bank of England.
The series G (polymer) note is the only £5 note that is currently legal tender.
One of the most valuable dollar bill variations in the world, called a “ladder” in collector's parlance, could be worth about $6,000, according to the Penny Hoarder website: “When the serial number ascends (e.g. 12345678) or descends (e.g. 8765431) in order, collectors call it a ladder.
"The last note, the one spent in Melton Mowbray, is still out there, somewhere in circulation," confirmed a spokesman for the gallery. A fifth note was gifted to the Jane Austen Museum to mark the 200th anniversary of the novelist's death.
The rarest and most celebrated of all US banknotes was never going to come cheap. But the famous 1890 Grand Watermelon $1,000 treasury note exceeded all expectations when it fetched a staggering $3.29 million (£2.6m) at auction in 2014, making it the world's most valuable banknote, and then some.
Three of the notes which have been likened to golden tickets have now been found which leaves ONE left in circulation in the country.
The one pound note was issued by the Bank of England for the first time in 1797 and continued to be printed until 1984. The note was withdrawn in 1988 due to inflation and was replaced by a coin.
The first known banknote was first developed in China during the Tang and Song dynasties, starting in the 7th century. Its roots were in merchant receipts of deposit during the Tang dynasty (618–907), as merchants and wholesalers desired to avoid the heavy bulk of copper coinage in large commercial transactions.
'Rare': Your $5 note could be worth $1,750
These “rare” bank notes look just like ordinary $5 notes – but have a serial code that begins with “BA 15”, he said in a TikTok video which has already amassed more than 19,000 likes. This code is called the Stevens/Fraser signature combination, the TikToker revealed.
All genuine Bank of England banknotes that have been withdrawn from circulation retain their face value for all time and can still be exchanged over the counter.
Plastic notes fade faster than paper notes
Not true. The ink on polymer is as long-lasting as that on cotton-based paper. “The ink on polymer banknotes will eventually wear towards the end of their usable life, whereas paper banknotes become limper and heavily soiled,” says the Bank.
The $10,000 bill was the largest denomination ever to be printed for public consumption. Collectors cannot legally hold a $100,000 bill.
Paper money
American paper currency comes in seven denominations: $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100. The United States no longer issues bills in larger denominations, such as $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 bills. But they are still legal tender and may still be in circulation.
In other words, India had currency notes, and of much higher denomination, much before the Rs 2000 note came into existence after the November 2016 demonetisation. The fact is, the highest denomination note ever printed in India is the Rs 10,000 note in 1938.
AK-47 (original russian made): This is the original russian made AK-47. This rifle is quite rare, because russians stopped manufacturing these after 1960s. Finding an original AK-47 is very hard.
new polymer five pound note with the serial number AK47 has sold on eBay for a record £80,000.
The AK-47 was designed to be a simple, reliable fully automatic rifle that could be manufactured quickly and cheaply, using mass production methods that were state of the art in the Soviet Union during the late 1940s.