Pauline
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Paper money in the UK is being redesigned. We have a new £5 note which is more like plastic than paper. The new £10 note will be out soon and the face of Charles Darwin has been replaced by (my hero) Jane Austen!
BBC News - Jane Austen polymer £10 note enters circulation
I haven't see one yet!
From the article: "The new £10 note featuring novelist Jane Austen has entered circulation - marking a return of a woman in addition to the Queen on Bank of England notes.
The launch comes after a four-month period when women, apart from the Queen, have not been represented on the Bank's notes.
The last was the £5 note featuring reformer Elizabeth Fry which was replaced by a Winston Churchill fiver.
The new £10 note is made of polymer and includes raised dots for blind people.
It replaces the paper £10 note, with the portrait of naturalist Charles Darwin, which will still be accepted in the shops until Spring 2018. The exact date of withdrawal will be published three months in advance."
BBC News - Jane Austen polymer £10 note enters circulation
I haven't see one yet!
From the article: "The new £10 note featuring novelist Jane Austen has entered circulation - marking a return of a woman in addition to the Queen on Bank of England notes.
The launch comes after a four-month period when women, apart from the Queen, have not been represented on the Bank's notes.
The last was the £5 note featuring reformer Elizabeth Fry which was replaced by a Winston Churchill fiver.
The new £10 note is made of polymer and includes raised dots for blind people.
It replaces the paper £10 note, with the portrait of naturalist Charles Darwin, which will still be accepted in the shops until Spring 2018. The exact date of withdrawal will be published three months in advance."
