IF you’ve got an old £5 or £10 note lurking down the back of a sofa or tucked in the pocket of a long-forgotten pair of jeans, don’t worry – it’s not too late exchange it for some cold, hard, usable ...

PAPER £10 notes will soon become a thing of the past as we prepare to get our hands on the crisp new plastic tenners tomorrow. But before we start trading them in, it’s worth finding out if they’re ...

£9billion in old paper bank notes across the UK still remain to be cashed in, despite them losing their status as legal tender last year. However, all isn't lost, as there's still time to swap the old ...

Scottish paper banknotes are actively being removed from circulation across the country to be replaced with long-lasting Polymer substitutes. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, ...

The new-look polymer banknotes we all see in daily life are commonplace now, even though some of the currency hasn’t been around for as long as some people might assume. The first of the notes to be ...

The paper Charles Darwin £10 note stopped being legal tender at 23:59 on March 1. The paper £5 note stopped being legal tender on 5 May 2017. But new figures from the Bank of England show that ...

As of today, old paper £20 and £50 banknotes are no longer legal tender in the UK. The Bank of England made advance announcements that from Friday (September 30), these notes would be made redundant ...

The paper fiver is on its way out as legal tender as new research shows the purchasing power of the note is 96% lower than when it was first introduced in modern form. Figures from Lloyds Private ...

Old paper £10 notes will go out of circulation by the end of today, after which they will cease to be legal tender in shops. From Friday 2 March shops will no longer be required to accept the paper ...

The polymer £20 notes replaced the old paper notes when they entered circulation in February 2020, and it may be time to check down the back of the sofa, as the old currency is soon to expire. The ...