Do $100 American Banknotes from the 1950's-80's have a security bar when held up to the light?
Q. I have four, hundred dollar banknotes without any security bars when held up to the light, are they real or fake? The newest bill is from 1981 and the oldest is from 1950.
Asked by Phil - Tue Dec 8 22:32:07 2009 - - 2 Answers - Comments

A. No, the bar wasn't implemented until recently (within the last decade)
Answered by El Stump de Bacon - Tue Dec 8 22:47:55 2009

How long have banknotes been used in England?
Q. And what denominations were they for when they started? What is the oldest english banknote still in existence?
Asked by Billy Budd - Sun Oct 21 15:36:05 2007 - - 1 Answers - Comments

A. try this website
Answered by serious sarah - Sun Oct 21 16:10:33 2007

anyone seen or got any pictures of titan or giant banknotes of the bank of england?
Q. Just heard about the subject sounds really interesting.
Asked by teodor d - Sun Mar 9 20:13:07 2008 - - 1 Answers - Comments

A. no but it has queen mary's face on one of them
Answered by watermelon_slushi - Sun Mar 9 20:16:20 2008

Why shopes in the Netherlands do not accept some banknotes?
Q. Why shopes in the Netherlands do not accept banknotes of 100, 200, 500 Euros? I never seen before in other EU countries.
Asked by Churro - Sat Feb 21 11:20:45 2009 - - 2 Answers - Comments

A. Many or even most shops in the Netherlands do not accept the a 200 and a 500 notes and quite a few do not accept the a 100 notes because there are so many fake ones. And they claim it is because they do not have enough change in the cash if someone pays with big money. Which is only true if you need to pay a much smaller amount but often they do not accept the money even when it is near the amount you have to pay. Shops that regularly sell things for big money, like televisions or cars, do accept the bigger bills too, but often only after making a note of your passport number. And after many having checked the note to being a real one and not a fake.
Answered by Willeke - Sat Feb 21 13:28:10 2009

now i am keeping many pieces of a 200 and a 500 banknotes,i am afraid the ECB will phase it out of circulation?
Q. Do u think it will do it?
Asked by Datuk Seri Man - Sat Feb 6 00:26:59 2010 - - 5 Answers - 1 Comments

A. Hi! You should DEPOSIT all of them by now. The European Central Bank is now redesigning all Euro banknotes. This means that you could be left with a worthless stack of notes within a year or so. Besides, it is not safe to keep banknotes of value inside your house. But no, the ECB will not phase them out. If they will, you'll find it in the Internet way before they phase them out. So don't worry.
Answered by MatT - Sat Feb 6 03:15:02 2010

Where can I buy german mark banknotes?
Q. I collect extinct currencies replaced by the euro, and i was wondering if there was any way i could buy german mark banknotes. i know that most of them were recycled when germany changed to the euro but im sure there are still some out there.
Asked by Greg T - Fri Jul 30 14:17:05 2010 - - 2 Answers - Comments

A. Take a look at the site I have listed below, they have some.
Answered by Wil Hart - Tue Aug 3 09:00:07 2010

If you robbed a whole load of used banknotes,can you really just go out and spend it all?Or is there a trap?
Q. Sounds a bit simple to me,is there a way to get caught by spending used notes?
Asked by nutter - Mon Jul 27 11:05:19 2009 - - 14 Answers - Comments

A. It would depend on where you got them. If you took them from a bank then theres a good chance they had a record of the numbers. If you got them elsewhere then you would have little problem laundering them. The self service tills in supermarkets are very handy for this - simply buy something that costs a couple of pence and give the machine a few pennies and a large note. The machines don't give you the same note back.
Answered by Duke75 - Mon Jul 27 11:24:34 2009

How do US banknotes come home?
Q. When an American goes to France, he typically exchanges dollars for francs there. Similarly the French typically buys his dollars here. Thus physical dollar bills would pile up there and French bills would pile up here. How do the dollars come home? I can imagine 2 scenarios 1) dollars find their way to the central bank, are physically bundled and sent home, or possibly dropped off at the embassy in return for a credit. Or 2) French central bank burns them and sends a message to this effect a gaining a credit at the Fed. How does it work?
Asked by Richard K - Tue Oct 14 20:31:17 2008 - - 1 Answers - Comments

A. Well, for one thing banks exchange amongst themselves.
Answered by SDD - Tue Oct 14 20:37:40 2008

Is the RBNZ(Reserve Bank Of New Zealand) going to change the design of its current banknotes?
Q. may i know is the previous version of the NZ banknotes still legal tender?
Asked by Arif - Fri Nov 5 23:12:13 2010 - - 3 Answers - Comments

A. There has been no mention that the notes are going to change and the old note are no longer legal tender.
Answered by Skiwi - Sat Nov 6 14:01:19 2010

What percentage of banknotes contain a cocaine residue would you say?
Q. I looked at various articles some say as high as 99% in London. I was thinking that is 99% of bank notes with snot on them also! Yuck...what do you think?
Asked by stormy! - Thu Apr 22 11:50:40 2010 - - 10 Answers - Comments

A. Well Ive been licking this fiver for an hour now,and nothing!
Answered by Eye of the Tigerlily - Thu Apr 22 11:52:56 2010

Lewes prints its own banknotes to make people shop local. How does that stop world inflation?
Q. Any more of that nonsense and we'll go back to medieval barter, or work for goods in kind, or trade in "company tokens".
Asked by CAM - Tue Sep 9 11:22:22 2008 - - 2 Answers - Comments

A. It doesn't (stop World inflation) because Lewes is not a self contained economy.As you say not far off -barter - goods in kind - company tokens.By the way I harvested some Turnips this morning.Wanna swap ? What you got ? E-mail your offer denominated in groats to waldo_m@baldrick.co.uk
Answered by waldo_mcginty - Tue Sep 9 11:36:13 2008

What is the market for gold banknotes?
Q. Who buys replica banknotes made out of 24 Karat Gold? Who sells them? How much do they usually retail at?
Asked by oftherain - Mon Jun 19 18:11:28 2006 - - 1 Answers - Comments

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Answered by fun_guy_otown - Mon Jun 19 18:20:54 2006

Can blind Filipinos easily recognize/determine the said new money /banknotes in Philippines?
Q. Fellow Filipinos, do you think the authority/s who carried out task to produce new money for our country realized the rights of blind Filipinos to recognize easily to that said new money / banknotes?
Asked by ( Flying Segbin ) - Fri Dec 24 16:13:17 2010 - - 4 Answers - Comments

A. NO. Only if somebody will tell them this and that. YES. If the blind is familiar with Braille alphabets and numbers.
Answered by inday - Fri Dec 24 21:31:19 2010

Are Scottish Banknotes accepted in the rest Of UK?
Q. I'm travelling to Scotland next week. After 2 weeks, there I'm planning to make a little car trip from Glasgow to London. But, the thing is that I just found out that..Scotland makes there own banknotes...??? Is that legal??? Are they legal in the rest of UK? And finally, should I have any problem IF I rent a car in Scotland and Take to England?? Thanks for your answers!
Asked by afg987654321 - Fri Aug 21 09:06:28 2009 - - 12 Answers - Comments

A. Contrary to what people are saying, Scottish banknotes are not legal tender anywhere in the UK - even Scotland. They are a promissory note - the bank promises to give you legal tender if you hand one over. There's no obligation to accept one as payment, but it's accepted practice in Scotland.
Answered by NeoNerd - Fri Aug 21 12:46:52 2009

Scotts has a stamp catalog for the values of stamps, but is there something on the market that value banknotes?
Q. I have a few foreign banknotes that I need to check on the values of. Is there a catalog like Scott's has for stamps?
Asked by Donna M - Sun Jul 25 14:46:15 2010 - - 1 Answers - Comments

A. no
Answered by amazon - Mon Aug 2 14:01:50 2010

I bought South Korean Banknotes at two different banks, but they are different is that okay?
Q. I looked them up online and they are both legitimately issued banknotes, but are the bigger older ones still okay to use?
Asked by BellaCiela - Mon Aug 9 23:03:30 2010 - - 1 Answers - Comments

A. As far as I know yes, but I haven't seen them in circulation in a while. Maybe I saw some of the older stuff in circulation earlier this year. I'm 98.767% sure that it is still usable.
Answered by jaengee84 - Tue Aug 10 02:06:30 2010

How long do British banknotes last?
Q. How long does the average British banknote last before being withdrawn because of general wear and tear? I think I once heard it was 18 months -can anyone confirm this?
Asked by dontknoweither - Sun Feb 1 10:48:22 2009 - - 2 Answers - Comments

A. with my mrs about 10 mins
Answered by concede account reinstated - Mon Feb 2 18:37:53 2009

Why do British banknotes have a copyright notice?
Q. I mean, forgery is illegal anyway, are they going to do you for forgery AND copyright violation?
Asked by mattygroves - Fri Mar 9 03:34:18 2007 - - 7 Answers - 1 Comments

A. Forgery requires that the person make fake notes that he/she intends to pass as real. Copyright prohibits any use of any part of the banknote. So, if someone wished to copy the entire banknote or just the Queen's portrait from the banknote, and blow it up to poster size, with a mustache, and sell multiple posters; that would not be forgery, (because the poster sized thing would not be passable as a real banknote; but would violate the copyright.
Answered by shoshidad - Fri Mar 9 03:53:58 2007

Are Bank of England banknotes legal tender in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
Q. Since that the pound is the currency used in the UK, are the Bank of England banknotes legal tender in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? And if the Bank of England notes are legal tender all over the UK, does that go the same with the Bank of Scotland notes?
Asked by Mr. Trivia - Fri Sep 17 09:36:02 2010 - - 7 Answers - Comments

A. No. Bank of England notes are only legal tender in England and Wales. See link from the Royal Mint for confirmation and further info: Likewise, Northern Irish and Scottish banknotes are not legal tender in England and Wales. Northern Ireland and Scotland will however accept Bank of England notes without question.
Answered by I should be doing something else - Fri Sep 17 10:20:11 2010

How to clean old,dirty banknotes and coins without damaging them?
Q. I am an amature banknote collector.I have some old banknotes with ugly staining.Some coins without lustre as well.Please tell me how do I clean them without damaging them.
Asked by rohanadh - Tue Feb 9 10:59:03 2010 - - 6 Answers - Comments

A. Please do not attempt to clean either the notes or the coins. Any experienced collector will be able to see what you have done and then automatically lower the grades on both the notes and coins. In some cases all you will be left with is face value. There are professionals who know how to treat coins and in some cases notes without doing any damage to the items. But this takes practice and someone who understands when to do it and when not to do it. Invariably amateurs screw up the value of the items when they attempt to clean them.
Answered by BD in NM - Tue Feb 9 15:32:25 2010