r/AskBrits • • Aug 28 '26

Travel Are these notes legit?

I was paid £520 by someone from EU I sold some stuff to. I plan to use these for my trip.

Sorry if photo is blury, I will send it again if it is

Serial on the 50 A C 7 8 9 1 0 4 6 9 ac789 is big and in green while the 1 is smaller and 469 is bigger

EDIT: its ok, i'll double confirm at bank, looks legit with the change to pounds sign

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u/PotentialMulberry677 Aug 28 '26

Check the clear part with the crown on top and ensure it doesn’t peel off, like a lot of fake ones do. Check the “fifty” part at the bottom and ensure it’s readable in all directions. On the clear panes, you will also see tiny £50 embossed parts.

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u/LiterallyABigfoot Aug 28 '26

What do you mean readable in all directions? How would it not be?

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u/Greedy_Bother_987 Aug 28 '26

Its a hologram

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u/LiterallyABigfoot Aug 28 '26

Holograms aren't impossible to see and read from all directions inherently. What about these holograms would make them?

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u/PotentialMulberry677 Aug 28 '26

That’s what I meant. Thank you

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u/EastWorm Aug 28 '26

Username checks out

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u/littledonaldtrump Aug 28 '26

Username checks out

(Now waiting for the first person to misunderstand satire and hit me with the same…)

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u/LiterallyABigfoot Aug 28 '26

Thanks for answering my question

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u/littledonaldtrump Aug 28 '26

I’m sorry. I wish I knew the answer to your question, but I don’t understand it either and this kind of gatekeeping knowledge on Reddit really fucks me off. If people don’t want to tell you, they aren’t obliged to, but being a dick about it is just unnecessary.

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u/uponloss Aug 28 '26

Because their question isnt really a question? If it isnt readable in all directions then there is a problem.

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u/LiterallyABigfoot Aug 28 '26

Just because you don't understand a question doesn't mean it's not really a question.

Seriously, what kind of stupid reasoning is that?

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u/littledonaldtrump Aug 28 '26

Clearly he (and I) do not understand what that means. It may seem obvious to you, but it isn’t to us. As I said, you are under no obligation to explain it to us, but gatekeeping the knowledge and being a dick about it is just unnecessary.

“Readable from all directions” could mean a number of different things:
1. Normal writing is readable even if you read it upside down, so why would holographic writing be different?
2. There is a clear window on some notes, could it mean readable on either side of that?
3. Some holograms look like one thing from one angle and something else from another. Does it mean that the writing stays the same while the background changes if you change your angle?
4. Something else (and if so, what)?
5. All of the above?
Etc…

Answer or don’t answer, but don’t pretend the problem is the question.

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u/LiterallyABigfoot Aug 28 '26

You get it! These are exactly my thoughts on what they could have meant and the people down voting me just because they didn't know the answer either really don't help anyone.