Do £100 notes exist?

ripplyuk

I was recently asking my bank about making a cash withdrawal for quite a large amount of money (to me, anyway:)). I asked if it could be ordered in £100 notes, mainly because I wanted to carry it in a money belt and reduce the size. I was told that they don't do £100 notes. He went on to say that no one uses them anymore and I'd struggle to have them accepted anywhere.

I thought that Bank of England no longer made them, but banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland still do. Am I wrong? Is £50 now the highest note available? Would any old £100 notes now be worthless?

PeacefulWaters

I'm not sure that BofE has ever made £100 notes.

But they're still made in the colonies.

http://www.acbi.org.uk/rbs.php

Would a £1m note help?

ratechaser

Yes I'll happily exchange you some in return for your boring old 10s and 20s #sound of colour printer going into overdrive in the background#

shortcrust

The Bank of England has never produced a modern £100 note and recently said they've no plans to. There used to be a large white £100 note until the forties. At least some Scottish and Northern Irish banks do. I've never seen one and have no idea how common they are in the places they're issued.

Paul_1977

Only the RBOS have one, never seen it.

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Hi,

yes Scottish banks still do them,

ripplyuk

PeacefulWaters wrote: »

Would a £1m note help?

Wow! There really is such a thing! I'd never heard of Titans and Giants. One of those would be a great help :rotfl:

Thanks for the replies. I was withdrawing the money from Ulster Bank, which is part of RBS. I would have thought they could get them since they are a Scottish bank. Just seems odd that they can get me currency from anywhere in the world, but not sterling £100 notes.

ripplyuk

frugalmacdugal, thanks for the photos. So Clydesdale bank do them as well.

I'm wondering if they are current notes? The guy I talked to at the bank said that unless the notes are the current 'issue' they would be unuseable. I didn't realise that banknotes go out of date.

shortcrust

This is a lovely site if you're interested in Bank of England notes:

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/BANKNOTES/Pages/denom_guide/default.aspx

You can see all the notes they've every issued. I love banknotes in a really geeky way. Got myself a white fiver last year.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

ripplyuk wrote: »

frugalmacdugal, thanks for the photos. So Clydesdale bank do them as well.

I'm wondering if they are current notes? The guy I talked to at the bank said that unless the notes are the current 'issue' they would be unuseable. I didn't realise that banknotes go out of date.

yes, Clydesdale still does them.

Never heard of notes going out of date, if anything, withdrawn, so wouldn't be in circulation.

Have a look here.

PaulW922

Scottish bank notes are not usually issued by banks in England and Wales. You don't get them in cash machines or when you draw money over the counter, because when they are banked in E&W they are returned (or repatriated as the expression goes) to the issuing Scottish bank. The same goes for Northern Ireland and Isle of Man bank notes. The only way you could possible get £100s would be if (a) your bank agreed to issue them to you by special order (but I doubt they would) or (b) you obtain them from a money service business such as a bureau.

However whilst you don't say how much you are drawing, I really wouldn't bother. Although Scottish and NI bank notes are quite lawful you need to consider how welcome high denomination notes are - £50s are not that popular and as such £100s will be even less so - would you take one if you didn't have to? I would rather have 5 x £20 because if a note was dodgy I would only have lost £20 not £100 and I know I could easily spend a £20 whilst same same does not go for a £50 or £100.