[BITList] Check your new £5 notes 'could be worth £50,000'

[John Feltham]

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> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-38301860 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-38301860>
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> Jane Austen £5 note 'worth £50,000' spent in Blackwood
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> Ferguson Media
> Graham Short engraved a 5mm portrait of author Jane Austen on the new plastic £5 notes
> One of four special £5 notes engraved with a tiny portrait of author Jane Austen has been spent in Caerphilly county and could be worth up to £50,000.
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> Specialist micro-engraver Graham Short has said he spent the money featuring his work at a cafe in Blackwood.
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> The artist saw his note was not checked by the cashier and hopes it has ended up as someone's change.
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> The other notes were spent in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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> Mr Short came up with the idea of engraving a 5mm portrait of the Pride and Prejudice author on the transparent part of the new plastic Bank of England £5 notes, to mark the 200th anniversary of her death next year.
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> Have you got a £5 note worth thousands? <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38257375>
> He has included a different quote around each one, ensuring each note is unique.
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> Mr Short's last work, a portrait of the Queen on a pinhead, sold for £100,000.
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> Graham Short
> Graham Short pictured at the Square Cafe in Blackwood
> "I'm fortunate that my work sells in the world's top art galleries to fine art investors," Mr Short told BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mzk7b>.
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> "Generally this artwork is out of the reach for most people. I wanted an ordinary man or woman to find it in their hands.
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> "I didn't spend the money in somewhere like Harrods or an expensive restaurant. I bought a sausage and egg sandwich in a high street cafe.
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> "I chose Blackwood because that's where my mother was born in 1909."
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> Mr Short described his sandwich at Square Cafe as "good" and said it was bought at 14:30 GMT on Thursday, 8 December.
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> He added: "I was hoping that the lady wouldn't check it when I gave it to her - which she didn't - because I wanted it to go into somebody's change.
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> "I don't know how far the note will travel. It could be local and I hope it is."
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> Mr Short said his work usually sells for about £100,000 and the notes were insured for £50,000 each.
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> "I would hope they put them on to an internet auction site and I would hope they could get some money for Christmas," he added.
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> Ferguson Media
> The serial numbers of the four £5 notes will help to identify them                 

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