LONDON -- Two hundred years to the day after Jane Austen died, a new 10-pound note featuring an image of one of England's most revered authors has been unveiled -- right where she was buried. At the ...
Jane Austen, one of Britain's most enduring authors, is now on the country's 10-pound note. Apart from the Queen, whose portrait is on all U.K. currency, Austen is only the third woman to feature on a ...
LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - A new British banknote featuring a self-portrait by the 19th century painter J.M.W. Turner entered circulation on Thursday. The 20 pound note is the third to be made of ...
LONDON — Britain’s new 20-pound (about $29) note went into circulation Thursday — one that replaces the image of a pioneering economist with a battered warship being towed away for scrap. The polymer ...
The man who helped crack the infamous German "Enigma" encryption device during World War II and was a pioneer in the computing field will appear on the new 50-pound note in the U.K. — the same nation ...
London, Sep 13 (EFE).London, Sep 13 (EFE). — A new plastic 5 pound ($6.66) note with the face of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill entered into circulation in England and Wales on ...
LONDON – The Royal Bank of Scotland on Wednesday is celebrating the 60-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II by issuing 20 million pounds ($31 million) worth of 10-pound notes with four images of the queen ...
A new 50 pound ($70) banknote featuring the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing enters circulation in Britain on Wednesday, three months after the Bank ...
This week, the U.K. introduced a 5-pound note that's designed to be waterproof, tear-resistant and chewable. The new polymer bills, which were first released on Tuesday and will gradually be entering ...
The euro zone's high-denomination banknotes always remind me of the Mark Twain short storyor rather the Gregory Peck  movie, "The Million Pound Note." That, older readers may recall, is ...
On the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, the Bank of England has unveiled a new banknote featuring the beloved author. The new notes, made of polymer, will be entering circulation in September ...
LONDON (AP) — Two hundred years to the day after Jane Austen died, a new 10-pound note featuring an image of one of England’s most revered authors has been unveiled — right where she was buried. At ...