Revealed: Shop where rare Kane fiver was spent

AFTER it was announced that a £5 note possibly worth £50,000 had been spent in Wales people have been furiously checking their wallets and purses.

Micro-engraver Graham Short spent days engraving a picture of England’s golden boot winner onto the fiver and then spent it in Merthyr Tydfil.

The Tottenham Hotspur striker’s face on the new limited edition £5 note is estimated to be worth £50,000.

However he only made six of them which commemorate the top scorer at this summer’s World Cup and then planted four around towns and cities.

Mr Short is also the man behind the four Jane Austen £5 notes that launched into circulation back in 2016, causing a similar treasure hunt.

Tiny 5mm portraits of the iconic author were etched next to the images of Sir Winston Churchill and Big Ben with famous quotes to accompany them.

Experts say the Harry Kane notes could be worth more than a deposit on a house.

According to designer Mr Short he has to lower his heart rate to below 30 beats per minute when he is doing his intricate designs.

“I work between 12am and 5am,” said the 72-year-old. “A lorry passing nearby would cause too many vibrations. I swim about 10,000metres a day which enables me to have a low resting heart rate.

Mr Short has now revealed that he spent the £5 note in Bal Off Licence on the High Street, Cefn Coed in Merthyr Tyfil.

“I used it to buy a bottle of water,” he said. “I don’t think anyone noticed.”

One of the notes has been given to Kane himself and another presented to the Football Association, which leaves just four notes which could be in the hands of the public.

Mr Short also spent one in the village of Meriden in the West Midlands and another in Edinburgh.

The final note was due to be spent in Northern Ireland this week.

“I was watching the World Cup, as many people were, and it looked like Harry Kane would get the Golden Boot and when he did I started thinking it would be great to mark that by putting his portrait on a £5 note and got to work,” he said.

“I spent the first Harry Kane note in Meriden, which is the centre of England, only a few miles from the M40 and M42, and so that note could travel in any direction.

“I spent one in Edinburgh near the coffee shop where JK Rowling first went as a young mum and started writing about Harry Potter.

“I just liked the magical feeling of that.”