series f of the £20 note came out on 13 march 2007.
series f of the £20 note came out on 13 march 2007.
when did series f of the £20 note come out?
13 march 2007
the launch of the new series f banknotes was announced on 29 october 2006 by the governor of the bank of england. the first of these new notes, a £20 note, features the scottish economist, adam smith, the first scot to appear on an english note (the first non-englishman, anglo-irish field marshal arthur wellesley, duke of wellington appeared on the series d £5 in 1971). smith also features on £50 notes issued by the clydesdale bank. previous issues of bank of england £20 notes were known to have suffered from a higher incidence of counterfeiting (276,000 out of 290,000 cases detected in 2007) than any other denomination. the note, which also includes enhanced security features, entered circulation on 13 march 2007.
banknotes of the pound sterling
the famous scots issue of the £20 note featuring the scottish king robert the bruce was introduced in 1971. on the reverse of this note are several images representing a statue of robert the bruce, the monymusk reliquary, stirling castle, and a william wallace monument. the note was updated in 2005 with the bank's new logo on the front, an image of the bank’s new exchange building. a commemorative issue of the £20 note was produced in 1999 to celebrate glasgow's designation as that year's uk city of architecture and design. this note has a portrait of the architrave alexander thomson on the front and an image of charles rennie mackintosh's lighthouse on the back alongside a representation of the dome of holmwood house. another commemorative note was issued in 2006 to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the coronation of robert the bruce. this note has robert the bruce's coat of arms on the front and a vignette celebrating the anniversary on the back. the current world heritage series £20 note was introduced in 2009. this note also features a portrait of robert the bruce on the front, and an image of the model industrial settlement of new lanark on the back.
clydesdale bank £20 note