Not considered legal tender when issued, these bank notes were used by Indian Muslims during their Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca ...

Dennis Hengeveld, president of World Banknote Auctions in Sacramento, Calif., says that depending on the condition, some of these notes have fetched between $35,000 and just over $100,000 at auctions.

Meanwhile a sheet of £50 notes went for £26,000, breaking the record for the highest lot sold in a Bank of England banknote auction. Collectors pay above the odds for the notes that have the ...

A £50 note, from April 1780, is also included in the auction as is a £5 note from the Bank of England branch in Bristol from June 1850. The very first Manx bank note ever issued will also be ...

The £100 note from May 1894 was sold to a collector of rare UK notes, auctioneers said A 130-year-old banknote from the Birmingham branch of the Bank of England has sold for £38,000 at auction.