The lower the serial number of the King Charles III £5 note, the more valuable it is - and one expert has revealed exactly ...

“For a £5 note with the prefix ca01 followed by six zeros and a three, this has an estimate of £4,000 pounds, so make sure ... £20 and £50 banknotes were sold at auction for a total of ...

"A sheet of 40 £50 banknotes sold for £26,000 – 13 times their face value." A previous auction held by the BoE saw newly-printed £5 polymer notes sell for thousands of pounds too, Kate said.

"For a £5 note with the prefix ca01 followed by six zeros and a three, this has an estimate of £4,000 pounds, so make sure ... £20 and £50 banknotes went under the hammer, collectively ...

I thought shaky episodes resulting in scoffing chocolate just to be able to function were a normal part of life.