{"id":57616,"date":"2025-06-27T14:47:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T14:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/6-6bn-in-old-uk-notes-and-coins-not-cashed-in\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T14:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T14:47:41","slug":"6-6bn-in-old-uk-notes-and-coins-not-cashed-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/6-6bn-in-old-uk-notes-and-coins-not-cashed-in\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a36.6bn in old UK notes and coins not cashed in"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Over the last year two million \u00a310 notes have been returned<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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About \u00a36.6bn in old banknotes has not been cashed in across the UK, even though the paper \u00a320 and \u00a350 stopped being legal tender in October 2022.<\/p>\n

Paper banknotes have been replaced with plastic notes with a series of security features.<\/p>\n

Around \u00a3600m in old notes has been returned over the last year, and the Bank of England said withdrawn banknotes could still be deposited or exchanged.<\/p>\n

There are also 70 million old \u00a31 coins that have not been returned, according to the Royal Mint, with about six million returned over the past year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Royal Mint also revealed that over 2.6m old coins of eight other denominations have been returned over the last decade, including halfcrown, florin, shilling and sixpence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The shilling carried on circulating until the end of 1990, as it was worth the same as the new 5p<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Details of the cash still in circulation or hiding in homes was revealed in Freedom of Information requests by BBC Wales.<\/p>\n

The Bank of England said 375 million paper banknotes remained in circulation:<\/p>\n