You should be able to do this but the bank usually asks you if you are a customer of their bank. If you are not then they can refuse you. If you have a large amount of notes you may have to take or send them to the Bank of England in Threadneedle St, London to be changed up at face value. You should make an appointment before-hand to do this though.
A better option may be to sell them on an auction website or to a coin and banknote dealer.
You do not 'purchase' bank notes unless they are rare collectable examples, £100 notes are legal tender throughout the UK, however only the Scottish Banks actually print them (The Bank of England does not) and as such they are generally only available from Scottish banks to withdraw or exchange.
will the NatWest bank change my saved old 20 pound notes if I am one of their customers
The Bank of England currently issues Five Pound, Ten Pound, Twenty Pound and Fifty Pound notes for Britain, plus a variety of banknotes for a number of other countries.
No. The notification period expired in 2007. Any withdrawn Bank of England banknote can be exchanged for notes of an equivalent value at the Bank of England.
No. The notification period expired in 2007. Any withdrawn Bank of England banknote can be exchanged for notes of an equivalent value at the Bank of England.
The Bank of England advises that - Genuine Bank of England notes that have been withdrawn from circulation retain their face value for all time and can be exchanged at the Bank of England in London. There is no fee for this service. See the link below.
If you refer to the Republic of Ireland pre-Euro Pound notes, you can only exchange them at the Central Bank in Dublin. If you refer to the Northern Ireland Pound notes issued by any of the Northern Ireland retail banks, you should be able to exchange them at any English bank.
You would have to pay them in to a bank (if you still can).
The Bank of England advises that the Sir Edward Elgar style Twenty Pound note was withdrawn on the 30th of June, 2010. After the 30th of June, most banks, building societies and Post Offices will accept the old notes for deposits and other transactions for a few months. Exchange of notes, other than for transactions and deposits is at the discretion of the institution concerned. There is no obligation on banks to accept the old notes. The Bank of England further advises that - Genuine Bank of England notes that have been withdrawn from circulation retain their face value for all time and can be exchanged at the Bank of England in London. There is no fee for this service. See the link below.
The Royal Bank of Scotland (2000) Twenty Pound note commemorating the 100th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother were issued in the serial range QETQM 0000001 to 2000000. There were 2 million notes issued.
Current Bank of England banknotes include the Five, Ten, Twenty and Fifty Pound notes. Prior to decimalisation, 20th century Bank of England banknotes included the Ten Shilling, One, Five, Ten, Twenty, Fifty, One Hundred, Two Hundred, Five Hundred and One Thousand Pound notes. The Ten pound and higher notes were discontinued in 1945.
The first Bank of England Twenty Pound note was issued in 1725. The first Bank of England decimal Twenty Pound note was issued in 1970.
If you refer to Bank of England banknotes, those currently in circulation include the Five, Ten, Twenty and Fifty Pound notes.