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Bank of England notes are periodically redesigned and reissued, with the old notes being withdrawn from circulation and destroyed. Each redesign is allocated a "series". Currently the £50 note is "series F" issue whilst the £5, £10 and £20 notes are "series G" issue.
195 Dates of issue on Irish Ploughman notes. Linked from this page are pages giving an example of every known date for each denomination of the Consolidated, Ploughman notes. All the known £10 notes and almost all of the known £5 and £1notes have been recorded. There are some dates which were not issued.
Since 1970, the Bank of England's notes have featured portraits of British historical figures. Of the eight banks authorised to issue sterling notes in the UK, only the Bank of England can issue banknotes in England and Wales, where its notes are legal tender.
In the mid-1960s, shortly after the introduction of Series C, the Bank of England proposed to introduce a new banknote series featuring people from British history. In addition to enhancing the appearance of banknotes, the complexity of the new designs was intended to make counterfeiting harder.
18 wrz 2024 · One of the banks which had issued old all-Ireland notes prior to 1922, the Belfast Banking Company, withdrew from the Irish Free State, selling all its branches to the Royal Bank of Ireland. The Belfast Banking Company continued to issue notes in Northern Ireland only from 1922 onwards.
12 lip 2015 · An educational and entertaining website where collectors, both young and not so young, can read about the economics, history and politics behind Irish coin and banknote issues.
2 lis 2011 · In time they will replace Sir John Houblon, the first governor of the Bank of England, as the faces of the £50 note. So who can we find on our banknotes, and why have they been picked?
