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Someone has just found a £5 note worth £50,000 in a Christmas card

A second lucrative Jane Austen note has been found (SWNS)
A second lucrative Jane Austen note has been found (SWNS)

The second of four rare £5 notes engraved with an image of author Jane Austen and thought to be worth £50,000 has been found in Scotland.

The note was discovered inside a Christmas card on Thursday.

The new owner wants to remain anonymous and has decided to keep the note, frame it and hang it on their wall.

The fiver was found in Scotland (SWNS)
The fiver was found in Scotland (SWNS)

The money was sent by someone apparently not realising they had something a little more valuable than a fiver.

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It may be worth as much as £50,000 (SWNS)
It may be worth as much as £50,000 (SWNS)

The note is the second of the four Bank of England notes to be found after one was handed over in change from a cafe in south Wales earlier this month.

Two more special £5 notes, spent in England and Northern Ireland, remain in general circulation and their serial numbers are AM32 885552 and AM32 885554.

The project was launched by Tony Huggins (SWNS)
The project was launched by Tony Huggins (SWNS)

The images on the notes were created by specialist micro-engraver Graham Short.

Each image of the ‘Pride and Prejudice’ author is surrounded by a unique quote from some of Austen’s most celebrated novels.

Anyone who finds one of the notes should contact the Tony Huggins-Haig Gallery in Kelso, Roxburghshire, which launched the project.

He said there had been interest in the story from outside the UK, including Russia (SWNS)
He said there had been interest in the story from outside the UK, including Russia and India (SWNS)

He told the BBC: “When somebody opened their Christmas card from a loved one, it was contained in that Christmas card.

“The person who put it in didn’t necessarily know what they were doing.

“That’s two down and there’s still two out there. Keep checking your change.”

The latest finder wants to remain anonymous (SWNS)
The latest finder wants to remain anonymous, said Huggins (SWNS)

He added: “We’ve let the £5 notes go out there and it’s been brilliantly received by people.”

He said the project has generated worldwide interest and he has been contacted by Russian, Chinese and Indian television companies.