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Old paper £50 notes can continue to be used after the new polymer Alan Turing version has been released into circulation. The paper £50 note was first issued on November 2, 2011 and it features ...
About £6.6bn in old banknotes has not been cashed in across the UK, even though the paper £20 and £50 stopped being legal ...
THE NEW polymer £10 note featuring the face of Jane Austen has been unveiled, with plans already in place to release an updated £20 note. But will there be a new £50 note to follow?
An exact date hasn't been confirmed, although the Bank of England announced that the new £50 notes would be printed when the new £20 note is rolled out in 2020. Nominations as to who should ...
TODAY marks the launch of the brand new, polymer £50 notes featuring WWII code breaker Alan Turning. If you do receive one it’s worth checking the serial number, as rare notes can be worth su… ...
LONDON — Alan Turing, the computing pioneer who became one of the most influential code breakers of World War II, has been chosen by the Bank of England to be the new face of its 50-pound note ...
National hero Alan Turing has officially appeared on the new £50 note as revealed by the Bank of England. The last of the Bank’s pound notes to be transferred from paper to polymer, the ...
An award-winning Welsh ice cream parlour has issued a warning to other small businesses after it was scammed with fake £50 notes. Fablas, owned by Michelle Evans and her daughter Lauren Evans ...
Printed on the old purple £20 note is economist Adam Smith while the £50 features business partners James Watt and Matthew Boulton. The old notes can still be used up until September 30, 2022.
British banknotes last underwent a change in June 2024, which saw Charles III replace the former monarch, Elizabeth II, in the same design.
The old paper £20 and £50 notes are no legal tender. But in March, the Bank of England said there was still £7 billion worth of £20 notes and £10.5 billion worth of £50 notes in circulation.
"Warning to local businesses in the Coleshill area we have received reports of fraudulent 50 pound notes being passed over," the team said in a post on Twitter. Please double check any notes.