The faces of Britain's banknotes – in pictures
JMW Turner, Jane Austen and Sir Winston Churchill are the new additions to the Bank of England’s banknotes
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The new £20 note will feature artist JMW Turner, and will be available in 2020.
Photograph: Bank of England/PA
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The Bank of England’s design for a £10 note featuring Jane Austen, to be issued in 2017.
Photograph: Bank of England
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The new £5 note, due to be issued in September 2016, will feature the face of Winston Churchill.
Photograph: Bank of England/PA
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All of the new notes will be made of polymer. The front of banknotes have featured the Queen since 1963 (£5 and above).
Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Matthew Boulton and James Watt shared the new £50 note, from November 2011.
Photograph: Alamy
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Sir John Houblon on the April 1994 £50 note, which was withdrawn on 30 April 2014.
Photograph: Alamy
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Sir Christopher Wren graced the £50 note from March 1981.
Photograph: Bank of England
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Adam Smith appears on the current £20 note, from March 2007.
Photograph: Alamy
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Sir Edward Elgar on the June 1999 £20 note.
Photograph: Alamy
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Michael Faraday on the June 1991 £20 note.
Photograph: Bank of England
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Charles Darwin on the November 2000 £10 note
Photograph: Alamy
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Charles Dickens on the April 1992 £10 note.
Photograph: Bank of England
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Florence Nightingale pictured on the 1975 £10 note.
Photograph: Alamy
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Elizabeth Fry on the current £5 note, which was first issued in May 2002 (to be replaced by Churchill).
Photograph: Alamy
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George Stephenson pictured on the June 1990 £5 note
Photograph: Bank of England
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The Duke of Wellington pictured on the November 1971 £5 note.
Photograph: Alamy
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