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Damaged bank notes
mrsdwhite
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Probably not in the right board but this is my 'home' board so I will post it here.
Occasionally either in our change or in my case in the business I work in we get handed damaged (torn, defaced, badly worn) bank notes and often just assume that they are useless and cannot be used. However I discovered tonight that it is possible to send them back to the Bank of England and they will then send a cheque for the amount of the damaged note(s).
I've not actually done it yet, I have a £5 going back to them tomorrow in the post. The link is here http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/damaged_banknotes.aspx
It looks quite straight forward, I will keep you posted on what happens with the £5 I'm sending back (it has a chunk of it missing).
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Occasionally either in our change or in my case in the business I work in we get handed damaged (torn, defaced, badly worn) bank notes and often just assume that they are useless and cannot be used. However I discovered tonight that it is possible to send them back to the Bank of England and they will then send a cheque for the amount of the damaged note(s).
I've not actually done it yet, I have a £5 going back to them tomorrow in the post. The link is here http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/damaged_banknotes.aspx
It looks quite straight forward, I will keep you posted on what happens with the £5 I'm sending back (it has a chunk of it missing).
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sticky tape we take torn notes alot as long as theyre not fake?? banks never ever had a probhere, they just incinerate and provide new into circulation so im told by the tellersYesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, And Today is a Gift, That's Why it's Called The Present
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Sticky tape is fine if you have both parts of the note, this one has the edge missing but has it's serial number so can still be changed.0
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I just take any that I have to my local Barclays branch and they have always changed them for meBlessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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