50 quid note from a cash machine!

[vickster]

Well I didn't expect that from the ATM at local Tesco Extra (the other £50 in 20s and a tenner). I got 4 fivers from Barclays last night too. What is the world coming to!!!

 

[classic33]

Not had one from an ATM in years.

 

[richardfm]

I had a £5 from a cash machine in Ludlow on Wednesday. It's the first cash machine I've seen dispensing fivers for a very long time

 

[ColinJ]

I have only ever seen £50 notes in photos!

As for cash and 'what is the world coming to'...

I used to collect loose change in a huge jar. I'd wait until I had about £30 worth then count it out into coin bags and cash it in. These days, I do so few transactions in cash that I will probably never fill the jar again! I was wondering what to do with the coins that I had already collected and then I had an idea - I put about £1.50 in 1ps, 2ps and 5ps into each of multiple coin bags and always carry one bag with me when I go shopping. If there is a good busker playing on my route I donate the bag of coins to them.

 

[Chromatic]

They’ve been dishing out £50s at Tesco here for quite a while now when me or my sister go and get my dad’s cash for him.

 

[vickster]

I have only even seen £50 notes in photos!

As for cash and 'what is the world coming to'...

I used to collect loose change in a huge jar. I'd wait until I had about £30 worth then count it out into coin bags and cash it in. These days, I do so few transactions in cash that I will probably never fill the jar again! I was wondering what to do with the coins that I had already collected and then I had an idea - I put about £1.50 in 1ps, 2ps and 5ps into each of multiple coin bags and always carry one bag with me when I go shopping. If there is a good busker playing on my route I donate the bag of coins to them.

I have a massive old roses jar full of 1ps, 2ps, 5ps, weighs a ton (ish) so at some point need to drag it to the bank. I think my local NatWest has a counting machine for customers that doesn’t stiff you for a fee like coin star. I can’t be arsed to bag them up! Could be a hundred quid to change for slipperly plastic 50s

 

[Tenkaykev]

I heard that Accy's local one dispenses white fivers...

 

[Emanresu]

Try Switzerland.

Asked the ATM for CHF200 (Currently £185) and got a single note. I needed cash to take the local bus into Montreux. Luckily all the public transport was free so no need to ask for change.

 

[markemark]

Had a 500Euro note once many years ago from a Money Exchange. The local Mas y Mas (think Co-Op style supermarket) happily took it.

 

[Gwylan]

They’ve been dishing out £50s at Tesco here for quite a while now when me or my sister go and get my dad’s cash for him.

It's a sign, not good.
Wait, they'll be just stamping more zeroes on them.

 

[Chromatic]

It's a sign, not good.
Wait, they'll be just stamping more zeroes on them.

My thought was they are just issuing them to use up stocks of Liz II notes.

 

[sungod]

My thought was they are just issuing them to use up stocks of Liz II notes.

larger notes-> fewer visits by cash-in-transit operator to replenish-> lower operating cost

 

[Gillstay]

I had a £5 from a cash machine in Ludlow on Wednesday. It's the first cash machine I've seen dispensing fivers for a very long time

Thats Ludlow for you. They also have simple parking ticket machines.