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 The Series C £1 note was withdrawn on 31 May 1979.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Isaac Newton on the reverse was issued, but following the introduction on 21 April 1983 of the £1 coin, the note was withdrawn from circulation on 11 March 1988.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
New Zealand twenty-dollar note New Zealand twenty-dollar note The New Zealand twenty-dollar note ($20) is the current middle denomination banknote of the New Zealand dollar. The $20 note was introduced on 10 July 1967, replacing the New Zealand ten-pound note. The first $20 notes featured Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, with a window watermark panel showing a portrait of Captain James Cook. The obverse featured a kererū ("Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae") and a miro ("Prumnopitys ferruginea"). This issue's design was very similar to the first issue, with the most obvious difference being the updated portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. There is also some