Bank of England note issues Queen Elizabeth II agreed to allow the use of her portrait on the notes. The Series C £1 note was withdrawn on 31 May 1979. On 9 February 1978 the Series D design (known as the "Pictorial Series") featuring Sir Isaac Newton on the reverse was issued, but following the introduction on 21 April 1983 of the £1 coin, the note was withdrawn from circulation on 11 March 1988. The first Bank of England £5 note was issued in 1793 in response to the need for smaller denomination banknotes to replace gold coin during the French Revolutionary Wars. (Previously the
500 złotych note to improve the management of the supply of circulating banknotes. 500 złotych note The Polish 500 Złotych note is a denomination of Polish currency. The bill's dimensions are 150 × 75 mm. It has been put into circulation on 10 February 2017. The obverse of the note features a likeness of King John III Sobieski. The reverse depicts a crowned eagle and the Wilanów Palace in Warsaw. It has been designed by Andrzej Heidrich who designed the remaining notes of the 1994/2012 series as well. The banknotes feature a double-letter prefix and a seven-digit serial number. A 500 złotych note