Bank of England £5 note the lack of serial numbers is not a problem. "If members of the public are concerned, then they should take the notes back to the bank where they will be exchanged." In April 2013 Sir Mervyn King announced on behalf of the bank that Elizabeth Fry would be replaced by Winston Churchill on the next £5 note which would enter circulation in 2016. It was also announced that the images featured on the reverse would include a 1941 portrait of Churchill by Yusuf Karsh, a view of the Houses of Parliament, a quote by Churchill ("I have nothing to offer
Winston Churchill as historian Winston Churchill as historian The British statesman Winston Churchill was a prolific writer throughout his life, and many of his works were historical. His better-known historical works include: "", "The World Crisis" (a history of World War I), "The Second World War", and "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples". Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for "his mastery of historical and biographical description". Churchill was an exponent of the view that the British and American people had a unique greatness and destiny and that all British history should be seen as progress towards fulfilling that destiny.