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£5 note

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Millions of old-style paper £5 and £10 notes worth over £1.5 billion still haven't been returned to the Bank of England, over a year since the last of them were taken out of circulation.
28 August 2019
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Almost 250 million old £5 and £10 paper notes have yet to be returned to the Bank of England since shops stopped accepting them – if you've got one, here's how to make it spendable again.
4 September 2018

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