Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"It's hard to shift "folding money" and "ten bob" notes these days! 
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I had a couple of old £5 notes and was told only the Bank of England would change them......... I kept them in my wallet and one day I was visiting an office near by and so popped in. Worth the effort - Door keeper in long coat & top hat, directed into THE most oak clad and brass tellers room, £ notes taken, examined, ID checked and two new one handed over..... I felt RICH RICH
On the other hand I wasn't trying to bring in 10 suitcases of cash using a 1963 Driving Licence made out to "Ronnie Biggs"
Paid a pre-arranged visit to 'the Bank' one day. There was a gold ingot in a sealed box with just enough room to get your hand in to lift it; boy was it HEAVY!
Apparently in the vault, the stacks of gold have to be placed very carefully 'cos below the vault is an underground rail tunnel and there is a risk of the floor collapsing.