Bank of England note issues England Mark Carney announced that a newly designed £10 banknote, featuring novelist Jane Austen, would be issued in 2017. The campaign for a woman to appear celebrated the choice as "a brilliant day". The date of issue was subsequently confirmed as 14 September 2017. Like the £5 note featuring Churchill, the new £10 note is made from polymer rather than cotton paper. It depicts: £20 notes, in white, appeared in 1725 and continued to be issued until 1943. They ceased to be legal tender in 1945. After World War II, the £20 denomination did not reappear until 1970, when 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