GRAB your wallet and check your banknotes – you could be carrying one worth £160k.
Experts have revealed ways to see if you can make more money from your cash.
One very lucky eBay seller hit the jackpot when they found that their tenner had a rare code.
The note, which has Jane Austen’s face on the back, had the rare AH prefix combined with 1775 – the year that the author was born.
Back in 2017, Changechecker.org gave a tip that applies to people now.
“Whilst these will likely become popular with collectors in the future, it could be many years before notes with these serial numbers enter circulation due to the huge amount of possible combinations that would come before ‘JA’,” it said.
You should also look out for: JA01, they’re Austen’s initials; JA75, because that’s Austen’s birth year; and JA17, the year of the author’s death.
Serial numbers ’16 121775′ and ’18 071817′, which is both Austen’s date of birth and death – which could also fetch you a small fortune.
And for those literary buffs, they will know that ’28 011813′ was the year that Pride and Prejudice was first published.
Recently rare £20 notes have sold for multiple times their face value, but many Brits are unsure what to look for.
Same as the ten note, it’s usually down to the serial number.
Every note issued by the Bank of England has a serial number and it often donates notes with significant numbers to the people and institutions involved in making it.
For example, the first note with the serial number AA01 000001 is given to the King.
Its rare notes with special serial numbers make it into circulation, which is what households will end up with after a quick shopping trip.
For that reason, these types of banknotes are highly coveted and worth much more than their face value.
But it has previously confirmed not all the early £20 notes were reserved – that means some of the rarest AA notes are still in circulation.
AA notes are the most valuable, but anything with an A in it could be worth more than the value of the note itself.
But it has previously confirmed not all the early £20 notes were reserved – that means some of the rarest AA notes are still in circulation.
AA notes are the most valuable, but anything with an A in it could be worth more than the value of the note itself.
The Bank of England also tends to donate lots of the early-stage notes to charities for auction.
