the series f £20 note came out on 13 march 2007.
the series f £20 note came out on 13 march 2007.
when did the series f £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
in april 2013, the bank of england announced that its next planned new note issue, intended to be the £5 note in 2016, would feature former british prime minister winston churchill. the selection of churchill to replace elizabeth fry raised some debate about the representation of women on british banknotes, with critics raising concerns that bank of england notes would portray exclusively male figures, other than elizabeth ii who appears on every sterling banknote and coin. in july 2013 it was announced that the series f £10 note design would bear a portrait of 19th century author jane austen. in 2015, the bank announced that they were accepting suggestions from the public for a figure from the visual arts to appear on the £20 note to replace adam smith, with the new note to be introduced in 2020. in april 2016, it was announced that j. m. w. turner had been selected to appear on the new £20 note.
banknotes of the pound sterling