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King Charles £1 Coins Launched

Posted on August 20, 2024August 20, 2024 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment
£1 coins with King's head

Nearly 3 million new £1 coins featuring King Charles’ head are due to go into circulation this week.

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New King Charles 50p Coin Design Released

Posted on September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment
King Charles III 50p coin design

The design of the new 50p featuring King Charles III has been released by the Royal Mint. The coin, featuring King Charles looking to the left (the tradition is for monachs to look the opposite way to their predecessor; Queen Elizabeth II looked to the right). The coin is expected to be seen in circulation […]

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Brits ‘Overwhelmed’ & ‘Stressed’ By Money Management

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

New research has found that, on average, people now manage over 30 accounts across all aspects of their lives, from online banking and shopping, to gym memberships and subscriptions for home entertainment. And almost a third of us are stressed out by trying to keep track of them all.

Tagged accounts, money, money management

How To Play A Record With A New Five Pound Note

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment
Vinyl played with a fiver

So, if you haven’t managed to sell your new fiver for a fifty thousand pounds, nor managed to destroy it in some random way, other than spending it, what else can you do with it?

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New Five Pound Note: All You Need To Know

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment
New Five Pound Note

On 13th September the new five pound note comes in to circulation & will start to be seen in banks, shops and wallets. Here’s some interesting details about the new fiver.

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What Will The Future Of Money Look Like? MBNA Predicts

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

To mark the giant leap in cashless payments, MBNA have created a 3-part series of infographics that shows how far we’ve come towards becoming a cashless society and what lies in store for the future of money.

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Picture: New £1 Coin Design

Posted on March 19, 2014September 30, 2022 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

George Osborne is set to announce a new design for the £1 coin, in order to make it more difficult to forge.

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Money Watch on BBC2

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 5 Comments

Sadly, the BBC haven’t decided to make a TV programme about this blog, but they do have a new money programme starting this week called Money Watch.

Tagged money, tv

Bye Bye Elgar £20 Bank Notes

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 4 Comments

Just a quick reminder that after today, the £20 bank notes featuring the picture of composer Sir Edward Elgar cease to be legal tender.

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£20 Elgar Notes Disappearing In June

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 4 Comments

If you’ve got any £20 notes featuring a picture of the English composer Edward Elgar on the back, then you need to spend them before the end of June, when they will cease to be legal tender.

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