The new 10-pound note is an upgrade for the monarch. RBS issued a 5-pound note in 2002 to mark her 50th year as queen. Advertisement Advertisement ...

The Austen note will be issued within a year of the Churchill note, which is targeted for release during 2016. The present face of the 10-pound note, Charles Darwin, will become extinct. July 24, 2013 ...

LONDON — "Pride and Prejudice" novelist Jane Austen looks set to replace Charles Darwin as the face on Britain's 10-pound note.