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The Bank of England, which is now the central bank of the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories, has issued banknotes since 1694. In 1921 the Bank of England gained a legal monopoly on the issue of banknotes in England and Wales, a process that started with the Bank Charter Act 1844, when the ability of other banks to issue notes was restricted.
Main articles: Banknotes of the pound sterling and Bank of England note issues. Note: The description of banknotes given here relates to notes issued by the Bank of England. Three banks in Scotland and four banks in Northern Ireland also issue notes, in some or all of the denominations: £1, £5, £10, £20, £50, £100.
Elizabeth II was not the first British monarch to have her face on UK banknotes. George II, George III and George IV appeared on early Royal Bank of Scotland notes and George V appeared on 10/– and £1 notes issued by the British Treasury between 1914 and 1928. However, prior to the issue of its Series C banknotes in 1960, Bank of England ...
Scottish banknotes are not withdrawn in the same manner as Bank of England notes, and therefore several different versions of the Bank of Scotland ten pound note may be encountered [5] although the Committee of Scottish Bankers encouraged the public to spend or exchange older, non-polymer ten pound notes before 1 March 2018. [6]
Banknotes of the British Armed Forces; C. Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928; E. Harry Eccleston This page was last edited on 18 October 2020, at 21:39 (UTC). Text is ...
In the late 1960s it was decided that future banknotes should feature a British historical figure on the reverse. The first such note was the series D £20 note, first issued in 1970, featuring William Shakespeare. A design for a 10/– note featuring Walter Raleigh on the reverse was approved in 1964, but this was never issued. [3]
British West African 100/– note; Canadian £5 note; Cypriot £C 5 note; Fijian £5 note; Gambian £5 note; Ghanaian £5 note; Irish pound. Series A IR£5 note; Series B IR£5 note; Series C IR£5 note; Israeli IL5 note and coin; Jamaican £5 note; Libyan £L5 note; Maltese £M 5 note; New Brunswick £5 note; New Zealand £NZ 5 note; Nigerian ...
The Bridges series of banknotes was introduced in 2007 to replace the Tercentenary series. The size and colour remain unchanged, and Walter Scott remains on the obverse. The image of The Mound was moved to the front and a new rear design featuring the Kessock Bridge appears. The text has been updated to a more modern style and new large, raised ...