People with £5 notes in their pockets are being urged to check them carefully, in case they could fetch thousands of pounds more.
Artist and engraver Graham Short has put four £5 notes into circulation on which he has put a tiny engraving of 18th-century author Jane Austen.
Short, who works out of Birmingham and is one of the world's most famous micro-artists, worked for two weeks on each note and then quietly put each one back into circulation.
The microscopic engraving can only be seen in certain lights.
The 70-year-old decided to use Jane Austen because next year is the 200th anniversary of her death and her image will be on the new £10 note.
The notes also have quotes from the writer's work.
The artist is not sure how much his work will be worth but said something similar was insured for £50,000.
This is not the first time the creator of the world's smallest engravings has impressed with his precise work - he engraved Nothing is Impossible on the sharp end of a razor blade and put all separate 1841 cuts of the Lord's Prayer on a pinhead.
The £5 note has already had a controversial start to life outside the printing press.
It ran into trouble only last week with the news that the polymer note which is meant to withstand considerable manhandling contains animal fat, prompting complaints from some vegans, vegetarians and religious groups.
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