A fact from Bank of England £1 note appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 May 2016 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the Bank of England £1 note (pictured) ceased to be legal tender in 1988 and was replaced by the one pound coin? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2016/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bank of England £1 note.

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Some shops actually still accept £1 notes but most don’t it’s not of a collectors item. 2A00:23C8:A692:E201:D179:B5D:F96D:C7AB ( talk) 08:05, 23 February 2023 (UTC) reply

The text says One pound notes ceased to be issued in 1821 and were replaced by gold sovereigns. But undernaeth there is a table showing one pound notes for many years after 1821. 2600:1700:BAE0:9680:6DCD:7059:B8C7:D032 ( talk) 20:50, 1 November 2023 (UTC) reply