Fifty-pound notes account for 357 million of the over 4.5 billion Bank of England banknotes in circulation. Lower-denomination notes are more popular for day-to-day transactions. ($1 = 0.7179 pounds) ...

It released some examples of designs it has received, including a dolphin, the Sycamore Gap tree - also known as the Robin ...

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 ...

The British public will for the first time be able to help decide which historic figure - in this case a creative one - appears on the next version of the country’s 20 pound note. May 19, 2015 ...

Mathematician and World War II codebreaker, Alan Turing, has been honored by the Bank of England as the new face of the 50 pound note. Turing, who died at 41 in 1952, was best known for helping to ...