# Darwin £10 note enters extinction on 1 March

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/02/12/darwin-10-note-enters-extinction-1-march/
- Published: 2018-02-12T09:00:33+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Darwin £10 note goes out like the dinosaurs on 1 March.**

The Bank of England will withdraw legal tender status of the paper £10 note featuring
Charles Darwin at 23:59 on Thursday 1 March 2018, making this the last day people
can spend their paper £10 notes.

After 1 March 2018, businesses and the public no longer have to accept the Darwin
£10 note as payment or in change and the new polymer note featuring Jane Austen 
will be the only £10 note with legal tender status. This note came into circulation
on 14 September last year.

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Some banks and building societies may accept paper £10 notes after 1 March 2018 
but the Bank of England has said that this is at their own discretion. It, however,
will continue to exchange Darwin £10 notes for all time, as with any other Bank 
of England note that no longer has legal tender status.

As with the old £5 note and old £1 coins, its extinction could provide some financial
benefit for charities. Some have already been asking people to consider donating
their old £10 notes:

> Are you excited for the new tenner?
> Want to put your old one to good use?Donate
> to Us! Pop into a shop.[#Tennervus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tennervus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [https://t.co/m5je1lnak4](https://t.co/m5je1lnak4) [pic.twitter.com/pDExha8n5H](https://t.co/pDExha8n5H)
> — Tenovus Cancer Care / Gofal Canser Tenovus (@tenovuscancer) [September 14, 2017](https://twitter.com/tenovuscancer/status/908254089829593088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Old £10 notes go out of circulation from the 1st March – Why not get rid of yours
> and donate your "Tenner to Tarporley Hospital" 
> Simply drop it off at the Hospital
> Reception[#TarporleyTenner](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TarporleyTenner?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [#Charity](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charity?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#Fundraising](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fundraising?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [#Cheshire](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cheshire?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [#Chester](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chester?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#CWaC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWaC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/jxeFeDpEza](https://t.co/jxeFeDpEza)
> — Tarporley War Memorial Hospital Trust (@Tarporley_WMH) [January 30, 2018](https://twitter.com/Tarporley_WMH/status/958418285116112896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> You won't be able to use your old paper £10 notes after 1 March. Donate your last
> ones to Sooty! [https://t.co/leJvrWzIWQ](https://t.co/leJvrWzIWQ) 
> Boomerang of
> a hand putting a £10 note in a Sooty box. [pic.twitter.com/XzRm5B7m8S](https://t.co/XzRm5B7m8S)
> — RNIB (@RNIB) [February 4, 2018](https://twitter.com/RNIB/status/960136050491514880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Next on the list is the £20 note. The [new polymer £20 note](http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/new-20-note-release-date-10061963)
will feature painter JMW Turner and comes into circulation in 2020. ** **