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Blasts from the Past:
Pictorial Series - introduced 1970-81
The Bank introduced the first series of banknotes featuring well-known people. It was known as the Pictorial Series. The notes were introduced over a period from 1970 to 1981.Value Portrait In circulation
£1 Sir Isaac Newton 1978-88
£5 Duke of Wellington 1971-91
£10 Florence Nightingale 1975-94
£20 William Shakespeare 1970-93
£50 Sir Christopher Wren 1981-96First Historical Series - introduced 1990-94
The Bank introduced a new series of notes featuring people in 1990. This was the first ‘Historical’ series. The first design was a new £5 note. It featured the railway engineer, George Stephenson. Scientist Michael Faraday was on £20 note, Charles Dickens was on the £10 and Sir John Houblon, the first Governor of the Bank of England was on the £50.Value Portrait In circulation
£5 George Stephenson 1990-2003
£10 Charles Dickens 1991-2003
£20 Michael Faraday 1991-2001
£50 Sir John Houblon 1994-2014Second Historical Series - introduced 1999-2002
In 1999 the Bank introduced a second Historical Series.
Value Portrait In circulation
£5 Elizabeth Fry 2002-2017
£10 Charles Darwin 2000-2018
£20 Sir Edward Elgar 1999-2010Third Historical Series - introduced 2007-2015
The third historical series comprises only two notes; the £20 note and the £50 note.
Value Portrait Introduced
£20 Adam Smith 2007
£50 Matthew Boulton and James Watt 2011Current UK banknotes
The current UK banknotes are a mix of two series. The third Historical Series (£20 and £50) and a new Polymer Series (£5, £10 and £20).
Value Portrait Introduced
£5 Sir Winston Churchill (Polymer) 2016
£10 Jane Austen (Polymer) 2017
£20 Adam Smith 2007
£20 J M W Turner (Polymer) 2020
£50 Matthew Boulton and James Watt 2011
