Wow, bit of an oversight there ... £1000 notes LOL

But the "audacious" plan involved £1,000 notes which had not been legal tender for more than 60 years, Southwark Crown Court was told.

Prosecutors Martin Evans said if the fake bank notes had been genuine they would have been worth almost 75% of the £39bn currently in use worldwide.

I wouldnt laugh too much at the idea of £1000 notes - there are plenty of bearer instruments/notes etc.. out there with face values much higher than that & AFAIK some major banks still deliver them via courier or at least used to

always amused me that some local post office will have a big securicor van with a couple of guys wearing helmets etc.. to pick up a few grand whereas some big investment bank will hand over a small package containing 30 million in bearer bonds etc.. to an Ozzy gap year student on a mountain bike.