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The Bank of England £20 note is a sterling banknote. It is the second-highest denomination of banknote currently issued by the Bank of England . The current polymer notes, first issued on 5 June 2024, bears the image of King Charles III on the obverse.
The Series B note was replaced in turn on 21 February 1963 by the Series C £5 note which for the first time introduced the portrait of the monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, to the £5 note (the Queen's portrait having first appeared on the Series C ten shilling and £1 notes issued in 1960). The Series C £5 note was withdrawn on 31 August 1973.
[128] [129] In June 2013 the bank issued a new series of £10 and £20 notes bearing the new brand name; at the same time it also announced that it would cease production of £50 and £100 notes. Older notes bearing the Northern Bank name will continue in circulation for some time as they are gradually withdrawn, and remain acceptable forms of ...
About £40bn-worth of paper banknotes, which will be replaced by new polymer £20, are set to be turned into compost. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please ...
Each redesign is allocated a "series". Currently the £50 note is "series F" issue whilst the £5, £10 and £20 notes are "series G" issue. Series G is the latest round of redesign, which commenced in September 2016 with the polymer £5 note, September 2017 with the polymer £10 note, and February 2020 with the polymer £20 note. [14]
The obverse of the £20 note shows entrepreneur Catherine Cranston. The reverse shows two red squirrels and a quote from the Scots-language poem 'Venus and Cupid' by Mark Alexander Boyd. [14] The obverse of the £50 note, in red to mirror the Bank of England £50 notes, depicts educationalist Flora Stevenson on its obverse and an osprey on the ...
Government figures show that more than £20 million was spent by the Home Office policing the event. King Charles III's Coronation cost taxpayers £72m Skip to main content
It was from the new monarch, King Charles, to his late mother. Eagle-eyed viewers spotted a card on top of Queen Elizabeth's coffin. It was from the new monarch, King Charles, to his late mother. ...