Limited Edition Legal Tender George Best £5 Fiver Bank Note

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We have been warned that there are a number of copies out there, and although we haven’t seen them, I am told that they are of very high quality and could easily dupe an unsuspecting victim. When cops raided his home in the Cambrook estate last July, they were hunting for counterfeit currency. Among the brand names he was ripping off were Virgin, Universal, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney, Dolce and Gabbanna, Armani and Lacoste. The notes feature images of the footballer in his Manchester United and Northern Ireland strips and will be distributed by the Ulster Bank.

He became suspicious when he saw the notes and immediately contacted the Ulster Bank,' said one senior detective.He did well but there is no guarantee other forgeries have been passing through the system or even sold online since then.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.But, as his lawyer argued for leniency, the shameless bootlegger was standing just feet away in the dock of Newry Magistrates Court wearing one of the rip-off Fred Perry tracksuits that was about to earn him one of 20 concurrent four-month jail terms! At Newry Magistrates Court last week, Lennon pleaded guilty to 19 counts of counterfeiting goods and one count of possessing fake currency. As well as marking the passing of Northern Ireland’s greatest ever footballer, the notes had a dual purpose of raising money for charity as the Ulster Bank donated cash to the George Best Foundation to support the organisation’s promotion of cross-community football schemes. Our Conditions of Sale may be accessed at any point and should be read in conjunction with this short guide.

All of the main paramilitary groups have engaged in counterfeiting since the Troubles erupted in 1969. If you’ve already done that, your item hasn’t arrived, or it’s not as described, you can report that to Etsy by opening a case. He then helped the "Red Devils" to share the Charity Shield with a 3–3 draw with FA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur; it was the first game to be broadcast in colour on British television. Ticking this box will allow the auctioneer to exceed the maximum bid by 1 increment to secure the lot on your behalf.On 2 February 2004, Best was convicted of another drink-driving offence and banned from driving for 20 months. The US government is trying to extradite Workers' Party president and former Official IRA leader Sean Garland from Ireland. Turning off the personalized advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. At the end of July and start of August 2002, he had a successful liver transplant at the private Cromwell Hospital in London. It appears to me you were engaged on a substantial commercial basis, the phrase ‘factory’ shows it was a dedicated and productive process you have been on.