I received an order from the USA and the invoice told me a Bank Transfer was being completed. I posted the note (worth £363) by tracking mail as normal. I checked the bank account later only to find no money had come through. I emailed the buyer. ‘Emma Rose’ in New York only to find… Read more »

I am asked by many people to give a value to individual banknotes or collections. Quite often a collection can be ‘run of the mill’ with little value but sometimes a rarer replacement banknote, a first run or a Treasury banknote can be found amongst the collection. Please feel free to contact me to value… Read more »

I have two large allotments. One is an orchard that produces apples in abundance and the other supplies vegetables for our table. I have taken over the ‘jungle’ allotment next to the vegetable plot. The previous occupant was a shadowy figure only seen in the evenings. He died and it has taken over twenty of… Read more »

While I cannot wave a magic wand and make you, and me, millionaires, the million serial number might be some compensation. The one listed on the website is very rare indeed. This B271 is mention by Pam West in her excellent outline of how the million serial number notes were produced. They are rare indeed… Read more »

Bidh mi a ‘cruinneachadh notaichean banca Beurla ach tha mo chridhe fhathast ann an Alba. Tha iarrtas mòr air na notaichean £ 100 Albannach air feadh an t-saoghail. Bidh mi a ‘dol a cheannach an uiread as urrainn dhomh nuair a thig mi gu tuath air a’ chrìch sa Ghiblean.

I have sold a good number of Clydesdale Bank notes recently – the £100 notes and the £50 notes have been very strong in demand. The interest in Scottish notes seems particularly attractive to buyers in China and the USA. Scottish banknotes are superb in the quality of design and the £100 notes in particular,… Read more »

What can you do with old banknotes? Contact me for advice on what to do with old British banknotes. I can value them. I can offer to buy the bank notes. Old banknotes can be worth very little or the old banknotes can be valued at a decent price. Ring me on 0759 257 8096… Read more »

Provincial Banknotes are fascinating as they provide a history not only of British Banking but a history of social and economic developments in the 18th and 19th Centuries. The Carmarthen Bank was founded in 1811 and was declared bankrupt in 1832. The partnership of Walters, Jones and Co had lended money without securities and at… Read more »

One area of appeal to many GB and world banknote collectors is the ‘solid’ number. You can see the ‘222222’ , ‘111111’ in the ‘Solid Banknotes’ section in ‘English Banknote Variations’. . I have four similar notes listed in the ‘Solid Numbers’ in ‘English Banknote Variations’. These GB banknotes are hard to find and on… Read more »

I received the ‘Spinks Insider’ magazine in the post. Fantastic information regarding Coins, Stamps. Banknotes, Whiskies and even Handbags!! For me the PMG article on pages 73-75 provided a wealth of information on how this works and that it is indeed a grading service that provides accurate and independent certification services to paper money collectors…. Read more »