The 20 and 50 banknotes will be taken out of circulation and replaced (Photo: Pixabay)
a Bank of England It announced Friday, the 23rd, that Britons have until September 30th to spend or replace paper notes, which will be replaced by banknotes made of a plastic-like polymer. After that date, you notice 20 and 50 pounds or pounds for weight It will no longer be accepted as payment by companies.
Although most of the banknotes have already been exchanged, more than £5 billion is in notes with £20 bills by economist Adam Smith, and nearly 6 billion in £50 bills are from Engineer Bolton watts. In total, there are more than 360 million individual banknotes totaling 11 billion pounds – about 62 billion Brazilian reals.
Brits can deposit funds at UK banks or a post office. It is also possible to exchange certain paper bills for polymer bills at a limited number of post offices. The full list of agencies is on the agency’s website.
The Bank of England said that all banknotes bearing the image of then Queen Elizabeth II remain legal and the public can continue to use them as usual. A further announcement of these notes will be made as soon as the actual mourning period is observed.
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