Rare banknotes donated to Edinburgh charity shop sell for more than £85,000

Collection handed to British Heart Foundation shop at Straiton Retail Park raises £85,860 at auction

• A collection of rare banknotes donated to a charity shop in Edinburgh has sold for more than £85,000 at auction. • Almost 160 notes from around the world were handed in albums to the British Heart Foundation shop at Straiton Retail Park, where volunteers spotted their potential significance and passed them to specialist auction house Noonans. • The sale raised £85,860 for the BHF's research into heart and circulatory diseases, with Noonans waiving its vendor commission. • Highlights included a rare uncirculated Malaya and British Borneo note portraying a young Queen Elizabeth II.