Exchanging oldish US bank notes

[AInightingale]

Clearing out my mum's house atm and have come across old holiday money, US dollar bills, very small amounts which she says can be exchanged for the grandchildren. There wouldn't be more than $60 -$70 in total - one $20 note, pile of $5s, lots of singles. They took holidays there between 1988 and about 2004, I believe. From what I can gather, US currency never becomes obsolete within the States, but there can be problems exchanging the older notes for sterling - is this the case? Anyone advise please?

They can be exchanged in a US bank. All you need is a friend/relative travelling there, or book a trip yourself!

To clarify, that's to exchange old for new US notes. Then exchange to sterling however you wish.

So they can't be exchanged in our bureau de change/banks/POs etc? Is there a cut off point date-wise, do you know?

I went to the states in 2003 I think and a couple of months ago took £70 worth of dollars to be exchanged at the post office. I thought it might be complicated, but the man at the tool said it was no problem. No idea if older ones would have been an issue.