Man Checks Serial Number On New £5 And It's The Same As His Phone Number

GOOD CALL Workman left stunned after getting new £5 note and finding the serial number matched his home PHONE NUMBER *** DECORATOR Lee Sharman was stunned when he got a new £5 note in his change at a bar – with the serial number matching his home PHONE NUMBER . Lee, 39, was at a pub with pals when he was showing off the new plastic fiver he’d been handed earlier at a Wetherspoons When he examined the note more closely he was stunned to find the last six digits – 284163 – matched his own home phone number. Lee’s stunned mates worked out the estimated odds of a person finding their own landline number on a fiver was an astonishing 1,200,000,000,000/1. Lee, from Broughton Astley, Leics., said: “I have about four new fivers so far and I’m going to collect all the ones I get because apparently they could be valuable in the future depending on the serial numbers. A spokesperson from bookmakers William Hill said: "This is amazing, it makes the Leicester Premier League victory look like a sure thing. The odds are so high there are not enough 0's available." New £5 notes with serial codes starting ‘AA01’ have been selling for hundreds of pounds on eBay. A note with a ‘AK47’ code is available on the online marketplace with bids now surpassing £80,000. | The Sun via IFTTT

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