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On 18 July 2017 - the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death - the new, plastic £10 note was formally unveiled ... same materials as the new five pound note too. And, yes, that means it ...
Jane Austen has been gone for 200 years, but she’s getting back in circulation. A new 10-pound note featuring her image was unveiled Tuesday by the Bank of England. Austen is the first female ...
But what is it that happens to the old notes once they're no longer legal tender? Given how there are approximately 723,000,000 paper ten pound notes in circulation, the Bank of England must have ...
LONDON -- Two hundred years to the day after Jane Austen died, a new 10-pound note featuring an image of one of England's most revered authors has been unveiled -- right where she was buried.
The new ten pound note has been making itself at home in British pockets for over two months now, ever since they entered circulation on Thursday, September 14. The new plastic note – made of a ...
LONDON — Jane Austen will become the new face on England’s 10-pound notes — a sign that there is plenty of pride and little prejudice against women on the country’s currency. The Bank of ...
The new polymer 10 pound note is just days away from being officially launched by the Bank of England. The new cash will be formally unveiled on July 18, the 200th anniversary of Jane Austin's ...
Jane Austen, one of Britain's most enduring authors, is now on the country's 10-pound note. Apart from the Queen, whose portrait is on all U.K. currency, Austen is only the third woman to feature ...
LONDON – The Royal Bank of Scotland on Wednesday is celebrating the 60-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II by issuing 20 million pounds ($31 million) worth of 10-pound notes with four images of the ...
(The five-pound note now features Winston Churchill.) The new currency is not without controversy. First, there's the vegan thing. The BBC explains: "The £10 note will be made of the same ...
The new polymer 10 pound note is just days away from being officially launched by the Bank of England. The new cash will be formally unveiled on July 18, the 200th anniversary of Jane Austin's ...