The new polymer ten pound was launched in September and the paper ones cease to be legal tender on 1st March.
It's estimated there are around 2-billion pounds worth of them still in circulation.
Chris Abbott who co-owns Abbotts hardware stores in Seaton and Ottery St Mary says they will continue to take the old one's for about a month after.
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