Exchanging Old British Banknotes.
30th September 2022 is the last day you can use the UK paper £20 and £50 notes for retail purposes.
New £20 and £50 notes are made of polymer, and have been issued to aid in the reduction of counterfeit currency in the UK.
Withdrawn paper notes can still be exchanged or deposited into a bank account.
The withdrawn paper notes can always be exchanged at the Bank of England for new notes at any time after 30th September 2022.
If you have a UK bank account, the simplest and quickest way to exchange your notes will normally be to deposit them with your bank.
You can exchange certain banknotes at some Post Office branches, even after 30 September when the paper £20 and £50 cease to be legal tender. The Post Office website has more information.
More at: bankofengland.co.uk
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Withdrawn British £1 Banknotes
£1 1st Series Treasury Issue
Date first issued: 7 August 1914
Date ceased to be legal tender: 12 June 1920
£1 2nd Series Treasury Issue
Date first issued: 23 October 1914
Date ceased to be legal tender: 12 June 1920
£1 3rd Series Treasury Issue
Date first issued: 22 January 1917
Date ceased to be legal tender: 1 August 1933
£1 Series A (1st issue)
Date first issued: 22 November 1928
Date ceased to be legal tender: 28 May 1962
£1 Emergency Wartime Issue
Date first issued: 29 March 1940
Date ceased to be legal tender: 28 May 1962
£1 Series A (2nd issue)
Date first issued: 17 June 1948
Date ceased to be legal tender: 28 May 1962
£1 Series A (3rd issue)
Date first issued: 13 September 1948
Date ceased to be legal tender: 28 May 1962
£1 Series C
Date first issued: 17 March 1960
Date ceased to be legal tender: 31 May 1979
£1 Series D (pictorial series)
Date first issued: 9 February 1978
Date ceased to be legal tender: 11 March 1988
£1 Series D (revised version)
Date first issued: 20 March 1981
Date ceased to be legal tender: 11 March 1988
Withdrawn British £5 Banknotes
£5 White
Date first issued: 1793
Date ceased to be legal tender: 1 March 1946
£5 White
Date first issued: 1945
Date ceased to be legal tender: 13 March 1961
£5 Series B
Date first issued: 21 February 1957
Date ceased to be legal tender: 27 June 1967
£5 Series C (portrait series)
Date first issued: 21 February 1963
Date ceased to be legal tender: 31 August 1973
£5 Series D (pictorial series)
Date first issued: 11 November 1971
Date ceased to be legal tender: 29 November 1991
£5 Series E
Date first issued: 7 June 1990
Date ceased to be legal tender: 21 November 2003
£5 Series E (revised version)
Date first issued: 1 March 1993
Date ceased to be legal tender: 21 November 2003
£5 Series E (Variant)
Date first issued: 21 May 2002
Date ceased to be legal tender: 5 May 2017
Withdrawn British £10 Banknotes
£10 White
Date first issued: 1759
Date ceased to be legal tender: 16 April 1945
£10 Series C (portrait series)
Date first issued: 21 February 1964
Date ceased to be legal tender: 31 May 1979
£10 Series D (pictorial series)
Date first issued: 20 February 1975
Date ceased to be legal tender: 20 May 1994
£10 Series E
Date first issued: 29 April 1992
Date ceased to be legal tender: 31 July 2003
£10 Series E (Variant)
Date first issued: 7 November 2000
Date ceased to be legal tender: 1 March 2018
Withdrawn British £20 Banknotes
£20 Series D (pictorial series)
Date first issued: 9 July 1970
Date ceased to be legal tender: 19 March 1993
£20 Series E (revised version)
Date first issued: 27 September 1993
Date ceased to be legal tender: 28 February 2001
£20 Series E (Variant)
Date first issued: 22 June 1999
Date ceased to be legal tender: 30 June 2010
£20 Series
Date first issued: 13 March 2007
Date ceased to be legal tender: 30 September 2022
Replaced on 20 February 2020 with the Polymer £20
Withdrawn British £50 Banknotes
£50 Series D
Date first issued: 20 March 1981
Date ceased to be legal tender: 20 September 1996
£50 Series E
Date first issued: 20 April 1994
Date ceased to be legal tender: 30 April 2014
£50 Series
Date first issued: 2 November 2011
Date ceased to be legal tender: 30 September 2022
Replaced on 23 June 2021 with the Polymer £50
Source: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk