2 days Ago By Sam Walker
A RARE £10 banknote bearing the face of King Charles III has sold at auction for £17,000. The legal tender fetched the giant sum at a charity auction held by Spink and Son on behalf of the Bank of England (BoE) today. New banknotes featuring the monarch have already started entering circulation via a number of Post Offices .
They will slowly replace notes bearing the face of the late Queen Elizabeth II as these become worn or if there is an increase in demand. But some of the new notes entering circulation are worth much more than their face value due specific serial numbers they have on them . The £10 notes making their way into wallets and purses with the prefix HB 01 are particularly valuable.
The prefix is found on the bottom right hand corner of each note, with the entire serial number used to date and identify the note. Earlier today, auctioneers Spink and Son sold off some of the rare £10 notes produced by the Bank of England (BoE) in a special auction. And one banknote with the serial number HB01 000002 went for a staggering £17,000.
Four other rare £10 banknotes sold for up to £5,500. This is what their serial numbers are: Bear in mind, it's unlikely you'll end up with one of the above banknotes in your spare change. Spink and Son said most people who buy these rare notes are usually veteran collectors who don't intend to resell them.
That doesn't mean others with slightly higher but still low serial numbers won't crop up on eBay at some point though, so keep .
