Compare the best US dollar buyback rates and exchange US dollars to pounds
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You receive £400.42 | Buyback rate 1.2292 | Estimated postage £6.35 | Sell Now |
| Travel FX ❯ | ||||
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You receive £400.32 | Buyback rate 1.2295 | Estimated postage £6.35 | Sell Now |
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You receive £400.32 | Buyback rate 1.2295 | Estimated postage £6.35 | Sell Now |
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You receive £393.55 | Buyback rate 1.2503 | Estimated postage £6.35 | Sell Now |
| Currency Online Group ❯ | ||||
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You receive £389.53 | Buyback rate 1.263 | Estimated postage £6.35 | Sell Now |
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You receive £386.89 | Buyback rate 1.2715 | Estimated postage £6.35 | Sell Now |
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You receive £378.00 | Buyback rate 1.3009 | Estimated postage £6.35 | Sell Now |
| Covent Garden FX ❯ | ||||
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You receive £361.54 | Buyback rate 1.3591 | Estimated postage £6.35 | Sell Now |
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It's easy to sell your leftover US dollars online. Use our US dollar buyback comparisons to find the best deal, then follow the link to the buyer's website to place your order online and lock-in your buyback rate. You'll need to decide whether to post your US dollars to the buyer, or try searching for a store near you so you can exchange your US dollars in person.
Sell by postSecurely package your US dollars and post it to the buyer using Royal Mail Special Delivery which is fully tracked and insured. Once the buyer has received your package they'll pay you by bank transfer within one working day.
Sell in-storeUse our store finder to search for your nearest currency exchange, then simply take your US dollars to the store to sell over the counter. You'll save on postage fees, but availability varies by location and you'll have fewer deals to choose from compared to selling by post.
Travel FX are offering the best US dollar buyback rate right now at 1.2292. At this rate, 1 US dollar is worth £0.81. You'll need to place your order online to get this rate which is based on a comparison of 8 foreign exchange companies and assumes you were selling 500 US dollars by post.
It can be difficult to exchange leftover US dollar coins. Banks and foreign exchange companies don't generally accept coins because they're expensive to process and transport, so your options for exchanging any leftover shrapnel back into pounds can be limited:
Over the past 30 days, the US dollar buyback rate has risen 0.67% from 1.2292 on 31 Aug to 1.2374 today. This means US dollars can be exchanged for more pounds today compared to a month ago. Right now, $500 is worth approximately £404.07 which is £2.7 more than you'd have got on 31 Aug.
These are the average US dollar buyback rates taken from our panel of UK travel money providers at the end of each day. You can explore this further on our US dollar to British pound currency chart.
No, you'll get more for your US dollars if you sell when the US dollar buyback rate is low. This is due to a quirk of how British currency providers display their buyback exchange rates.
When you buy US dollars, the exchange rate you get is the amount of US dollars you'll receive for every pound that you spend, so for example a rate of 1.2292 means you'd get $1.2292 for each £1 that you spend. You can calculate the total amount of US dollars you'd receive for a given amount of sterling by simply multiplying the sterling amount by the exchange rate.
When it comes to selling US dollars, the buyback rate is expressed in terms of how many US dollars you'd need to sell in order to get £1, so a buyback rate of 1.2292 means you'd need to sell $1.2292 to get £1. To calculate the sterling value of a given amount of US dollars, you need to divide the US dollar amount by the buyback rate. Since you're dividing by the buyback rate, a lower buyback rate means you'd get more sterling compared to a higher buyback rate.
One US dollar ($) can be subdivided into 100 cents (¢). There are seven denominations of US dollar banknotes in circulation: $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 which are frequently used, plus a rarer $2 bill which is not as widely circulated but is still printed and is legal tender. Coins are available in denominations: 1¢, 5¢ (nickel), 10¢ (dime) and 25¢ (quarter). 50¢ and $1 coins are also minted but are not as widely used.
There are two sets of US dollar banknotes in circulation: the 2009 series known as 'Series 2009A', and the 2017 series known as 'Series 2017A'. Both are legal tender, but banknotes from the 2009 series are gradually being phased out and replaced by their newer counterparts which have more advanced security features. You don't need to know which banknote series you have as the old notes are worth the same as the new ones.
Each banknote in the 2017A series features a portrait of a former US president on the obverse, and an important American landmark or building on the reverse, with the exception of the $1 bill which features George Washington on the obverse and the Great Seal of the United States on the reverse. The $2 bill features Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln is on the $5, Alexander Hamilton on the $10, Andrew Jackson on the $20, Ulysses S. Grant on the $50, and Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill.
| Denomination | Sterling equivalent |
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| $1 | £0.81 |
| $5 | £4.07 |
| $10 | £8.14 |
| $20 | £16.27 |
| $50 | £40.68 |
| $100 | £81.35 |
| Denomination | Sterling equivalent |
|---|---|
| 1¢ | £0.01 |
| 5¢ | £0.04 |
| 10¢ | £0.08 |
| 25¢ | £0.20 |
| 50¢ | £0.41 |
| $1 | £0.81 |