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Prior to decimalisation in 1971, there were 12 pence (written as 12d) in a shilling (written as 1s or 1/-) and 20 shillings in a pound, written as £1 (occasionally "L" was used instead of the pound sign, £). There were therefore 240 pence in a pound. For example, 2 pounds 14 shillings and 5 pence could have been written as £2 14s 5d or £2 14 5.
Issue date Series G polymer banknotes £5: 125 × 65 Turquoise/Blue 1941 portrait of Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh, the Elizabeth Tower, and the maze at Blenheim Palace, the quote "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." from a 1940 speech by Churchill, and the Nobel Prize medal. 13 September 2016 [8] £10: 132 × 69 Orange
The Bank of England £10 note, also known informally as a tenner, is a sterling banknote.It is the second-lowest denomination of banknote issued by the Bank of England.The current polymer notes, first issued on 5 June 2024, bears the images of King Charles III and the late Queen Elizabeth II first issued on 14 September 2017 on the obverse, and the image of author Jane Austen on the reverse.
Clydesdale Bank £10 note. Egyptian £E 10 note. Falklands £10 note. Gibraltarian £10 note. Guernsey £10 note. Jersey £10 note. Manx £10 note. Sudanese LS 10 note. Saint Helena £10 note.
The pound ( sign: £) is the main unit of sterling, [ 4 ] and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally, [ 5 ] often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or the pound sterling. [ 4 ] Sterling is the world's oldest currency in continuous use since its inception. [ 6 ]
The Series B note was replaced in turn on 21 February 1963 by the Series C £5 note which for the first time introduced the portrait of the monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, to the £5 note (the Queen's portrait having first appeared on the Series C ten shilling and £1 notes issued in 1960). The Series C £5 note was withdrawn on 31 August 1973.
By the time the Bank was founded in 1694 the £ sign was in common use. [3] However, the simple letter L, in lower- or uppercase, was used to represent the pound in printed books and newspapers until well into the 19th century. [4] In the blackletter type used until the seventeenth century, [5] the letter L is rendered as
An American TV adaptation, the 18th episode of Your Show Time, aired on NBC Television on May 20, 1949. The 1954 film The Million Pound Note was based on this short story, and starred Gregory Peck as Henry Adams. The 1968 BBC TV adaptation, The £1,000,000 Bank Note, starred Stuart Damon. The 1983 comedy film, Trading Places, features elements ...