Old £10 note deadline: Bank of England reveals THIS is when notes go out of circulation

The old £10 note will cease to be legal tender from 1 March 2018, the Bank of England has confirmed. After this date, the old notes will only be able to be exchanged at the Bank of England. They have been in circulation since 7 November 2000 and feature a portrait of Charles Darwin. A […]

Rarest £2 coin worth SIXTEEN times original value in circulation – do YOU have one?

Four designs were made to celebrate the Commonwealth Games in 2002, with one for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The most sought-after of the four designs is the coin designed for England, but it can be hard to spot it among a pile of change. This is because the four coins feature the same […]

US newspaper circulation slumps to ‘lowest since 1945’ despite some digital gains – study

Though digital subscriptions are surging for the largest US newspapers, estimated industry circulation and revenue fell overall, the Pew Research Center found. Americans now read newspapers at levels not seen since 1945, but there’s growth in cable news. Among the findings are US newspaper circulation, including print and digital, fell 8 percent in 2016 for […]

Sainsbury’s warning: Fake Facebook voucher in circulation – here’s what to look out for

Suspicious Sainsbury’s vouchers offering customers £75 off their shop have emerged online.  The vouchers, which read “Sainsbury’s is giving free £75 vouchers to EVERYONE on their anniversary”, are being shared on Facebook, as well as other social media channels.  But the supermarket giant has confirmed the vouchers are not real and cannot be redeemed in […]

£1 coins that could make YOU hundreds: How to identify the rarest five in circulation

Shoppers will have just six months to spend their old one pound coins after the new version is introduced in March.  The old coins will cease to be legal tender on October 15 and the government is now warning those with stacks of loose change sitting in savings jars or piggy banks to spend them […]

There are 30 million fake £1 coins in circulation – HERE’S how to spot one

Almost three percent of coins are fake, and it’s illegal to use one – although it’s fairly likely you have handled one at some point, given the amount of sterling that passes through our fingers.  Royal Mint has asked people to hand in fake coins – but you won’t get a legal tender back, so […]