LONDON — The Bank of England swallowed its pride and overcame its perceived prejudice Wednesday by designating Jane Austen as the new face of the 10-pound note, bowing to public outrage over the ...

Alan Turing, who was a codebreaker during World War 2, is the first gay man to be featured on British currency, NBC News reported. In a press release, the Bank of England said the new 50 pound ...

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney poses next to the artwork for the concept of the new 50 pound notes, after announcing that Second World War code-breaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing has ...

The changing face of U.S. currency 01:30. 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 ...

These notes are old versions of today's ten pound notes. They have William Shakespeare and Florence Nightingale on the back. The notes are smaller now, the Queen looks younger and Charles Dickens ...