Jane Austen has been gone for 200 years, but she’s getting back in circulation. A new 10-pound note featuring her image was unveiled Tuesday by the Bank of England. Austen is the first female ...

A handout photograph released by the Bank of England in London shows the design of the new 5-, 10-, 20- and 50-pound polymer banknotes featuring a portrait of King Charles III.

For Britain, the pound is a rich cultural symbol. Pound notes have been adorned with pictures of the most illustrious figures in British history, including William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Winston ...

The bills—which have no fewer than eight visible security features to deter counterfeiters—depict the early 19th-century author Jane Austen on the reverse, along with other images from her life.

NEWS BRIEF Cotton-based paper currency is so yesterday. The Bank of England announced Tuesday it would introduce into circulation 440 million five-pound notes made of plastic. The new currency is ...

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 ...

Britain's Bank of England Governor Mark Carney holds the new 10-pound note featuring Jane Austen, at Winchester Cathedral, in Winchester, Britain, on Tue. July 18, 2017.

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. The bank note was unveiled 200 years after ...

The Bank of England on Tuesday rolled out new five-pound notes made of polymer, replacing the cotton paper used for the last 100 years. The new notes stay cleaner, are harder to counterfeit, and ...

November 30, 2016 / 4:40 PM EST / AP LONDON -- The Bank of England’s new plastic 5-pound note is stronger, cleaner and safer - but apparently not suitable for vegetarians.