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LONDON -- Two hundred years to the day after Jane Austen died, a new 10-pound note featuring an image of one of England's most revered authors has been unveiled -- right where she was buried. At the ...
Jane Austen fans have their petticoats in a twist over a new British 10-pound note that features a picture of the beloved author and her “Pride and Prejudice” heroine Elizabeth Bennett. A quote on the ...
LONDON -- Lovers of Pride and Prejudice will no doubt be shouting, "A thousand times yes!" when they hear that British 19th century novelist Jane Austen will become the face of the new 10 pound note.
On the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, the Bank of England has unveiled a new banknote featuring the beloved author. The new notes, made of polymer, will be entering circulation in September ...
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 ...
LONDON – Jane Austen will become the new face on England's 10-pound notes -- in an attempt to add a little pride and fight the prejudice against women on the country's currency. The Bank of England ...
When the Bank of England announced earlier this year that it would replace Elizabeth Fry, 19 th century social reformer, with Winston Churchill on the 5-pound note, it got an earful from critics. Fry ...
A 10-pound bank note bearing the face of Jane Austen was unveiled by the Bank of England Tuesday at the cathedral where the famed novelist is buried. During a ceremony at the Winchester Cathedral, ...