series e of the £20 note came out on 5 june 1991.
series e of the £20 note came out on 5 june 1991.
when did series e of the £20 note come out?
5 june 1991
after world war ii, the £20 denomination did not reappear until 1970, when the new series d £20 note, predominantly in purple and featuring a statue of william shakespeare and the balcony scene from "romeo and juliet" on its reverse, was introduced on 9 july. on 5 june 1991 this note was replaced by the first series e £20 note, featuring the physicist michael faraday and the royal institution lectures. by 1999 this note had been extensively copied, and therefore it became the first denomination to be replaced on 22 june 1999 by a second series e design, featuring a bolder denomination figure at the top left of the obverse side, and a reverse side featuring the composer sir edward elgar and worcester cathedral.
bank of england note issues
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