Old £5 notes will be withdrawn from today
If you have any old paper £5 notes tucked away, they will no longer be recognised as legal tender in most businesses from today 5th May 2017. These are the notes that look like this:
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You can still exchange them at a bank for some time, but it is likely that most shops and retailers will no longer accept them, so don’t be caught out.
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