Monday, 13 March 2017

New five pound note sells for £60,100 on eBay- Charles White


Pic From Caters News - (PICTURED: A five-pound-note has sold for a whopping 60,100.00 on eBay. The note has a rare serial number of AA01 444444. The starting price was just 1.00.) - A rare 5 note which was originally listed for 1 has sold for more than 60,000 online. The fiver - with the unique serial number AA01 - fetched 60,100 when it sold on eBay this morning (March 12). Seller Piotr Sobczuk, from Telford, Shropshire, listed the new polymer note on the auction site after finding it in his change. SEE CATERS COPY
The rare note was found amongst some change (Picture: Caters)
The new fiver caused a Golden Ticket rush last year when people found rare versions of the note.
Now a polymer £5 note has sold for £60,100 on eBay despite being originally listed for just £1.
 
Princess Diana's former lover answers question 'Are you Harry's father?' With the unique serial number AA01 and the serial numbers 444444, the note was expected to rake in thousands.
Seller Piotr Sobczuk, from Telford, Shropshire, listed the new polymer note on the auction site after finding it in his change.
The crumpled fiver has now gone for over 12,000 times its street value after attracting 136 bids from 21 different bidders.
Pic From Caters News - (PICTURED: A Five pound note is currently on eBay for over 22,000 with just hours remaining. The note has a rare serial number of AA01 444444. The starting price was just 1.00.) - A crumpled five pound note with a unique serial number is set fetch over 20,000 on eBay. The banknote currently has 114 bids on the auction site and has reached an eye-watering 22,100 - with 24 hours left to go. The polymer note is proving popular because of its serial number - AA01 444444 - meaning it is one of the first ever produced. Piotr Sobczuk, from Telford, Shropshire, originally listed the note with a starting price of just 1. SEE CATERS COPY
The eBay posting garnered more than 100 bids (Picture: Caters)
The seller is expected to post the valuable note first class standard delivery, having listed postage for just 64p.
The auction site will also take over £250 in fees, according to eBay’s fee calculator.
More than 136 people bid for the note on the site.
At a Bank of England charity auction in October, one new fiver sold for £4,150.
The note, with serial number AA01 000017, was the lowest number offered to the public.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (5897747g)nMark CarneynMark Carney launches new £5 note, London, UK - 13 Sep 2016nBank of England boss Mark Carney launches the new plastic £5 note, which went into currency today. He used the new Winston Churchill fiver to pay for a kebab at Whitecross Marketn
The note was unveiled last year (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)
The lowest numbered note, AA01 000001, was given as a gift to the Queen.
Money collectors have scrambled for certain notes including four which were engraved with tiny profiles of Jane Austen.
Older notes featuring prison reformer Elizabeth Fry will be out of legal tender on May 5.
The seller did not wish to comment.

Culled from Metro
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