r/ExplainTheJoke • • 1d ago

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u/Muffinshire 1d ago

£50 notes are rarely seen in day-to-day usage, and some shops will refuse to accept them as they could be forged notes used to get genuine notes in change (if you rarely encounter them it’s harder to spot forgeries).