The rare collectible note sold for £1281.68 and is highly sought after for its unusual serial number, CC22222222, which features the number two repeated eight times.
The £20 note from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, is described on the listing as ‘an opportunity to own a unique piece of British currency’.
It displays Queen Elizabeth II on one side, with famous landscaper JMW Turner’s self-portrait on the rear, in front of one of his most well-known paintings The Fighting Temeraire.
One keen collector placed the hefty £1281.68 bid to snap up the note on Ebay, along with a £8.75 postage fee, on Wednesday [October 22].
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This means the note sold for 64 times its shop value and will be sure to have Brits checking their wallets for other unusual serial numbers.
The Bank of England began issuing banknotes featuring the King’s portrait on June 5 2024, with no other changes to existing designs.
Banknotes that feature the portrait of Her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II remain legal tender and are co-circulating alongside King Charles III notes.
King Charles £5 note sells for £2,800
It is not just old banknotes that can sell for a tidy sum of money either.
All of us are being encouraged to pay close attention to our banknotes after a King Charles III £5 note sold for thousands at auction.
A rare £5 note fetched £2,800 on eBay, and this is the small detail you should be paying attention to in order to find out if you could be sitting on a fortune.
The serial number on the note is the key.
These are the prefixes to look out for on each bank note which is an indicator as to whether or not they are valuable:
£10 notes – HB 01
£5 notes – CA 01
£20 note – EH 01 prefix (followed by a low number like 000002 or 000003)
The £5 note sold on eBay had the serial number CA01 000046, making it extremely desirable for collectors.
