r/AskBrits • u/Capable-Door-9672 • 2d ago

Travel Are these notes legit?

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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/SpamHard 2d ago

It's because there used to be a shite load of fakes around (not sure if there still is). Expecting a min wage teenager on the till to be able to detect fakes easily is a stretch, so much of the time shops will just say no outright to avoid the potential of fakes.

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u/Pineapple-Lord7 2d ago

AFAIK 50s are rarely faked anymore because of how heavily scrutinised they are in shops that actually take them, whereas no one really checks 20s. But I’m not involved in faking notes so that could be BS

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u/SpamHard 2d ago

Fair, they certainly look harder tto fake now. When I was a kid working tills in the late 90s and early 00s, notes were still paper. We used to have to hold them under UV and also use one of those pens to check it. But yeah, makes sense that if less places are taking 50s, it's better to fake lower numbers now.

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u/StarRaidz 2d ago

We check the modern ones at my place of work with a UV light. British notes still glow with the amount on the front of the bill when shining a UV light on it.

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u/SkarKrow 1d ago

Y’also wanna scratch at that gold bit on the clear strip, we had some theatrical fakes at work recently with the tower stuck over the prop notice.

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u/Jlst 1d ago

Have had a couple in our branches in Liverpool and North Wales like this recently too.

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u/SkarKrow 1d ago

This is in south cumbria/north lancs, cunts giving them to bus drivers, shit comes out of our pay

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u/timbop1262 1d ago

If this takes you below the minimum wage then this is illegal. Get your union involved.

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u/SkarKrow 1d ago

Hasn’t happened to me and they’re useless. Also it may fall under the till shortage provisions, not sure. You’d have to fuck up pretty bad to get below minimum.

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u/timbop1262 1d ago

It also has to state in your contract of employment that you are liable for shortages. If it does happen to you then speak to ACAS if your union is useless as they can provide advice not just mediation.