The reason one might stash cash under the mattress is to protect it from
creditors of bust banks.

As a number of the major 'high/main' street banks in the UK are now largely
under government ownership the risk of default is reduced, plus the major
creditor would be the taxpayer...

DAS

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> So what's the point of putting it under your mattress? It has no
> intrinsic value, as noted above, which was MY point.
> If the economy goes under (and it's becoming apparent that if the US
> economy goes under so will the rest of the world) we'll be left with
> barter. What can you stash that someone else would take in exchange
> for food?