A new 50-pound bank note featuring two pioneers of Britain's Industrial Revolution will be introduced on November 2, the Bank of England said on Friday.

The 50-pound bill, worth about $65, is rarely used in everyday life in Britain, but that hasn’t stopped Britons from trying to get their favorites to be the face of a forthcoming design of the note.

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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A scientist or mathematician will feature on Britain's next 50 pound banknote, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Friday, inviting the public to make their suggestions ...

A petition to put Thatcher on the 50-pound note was started last month by a right-wing British political blog, Guido Fawkes, seemingly in part as a parody of a much-attacked but eventually ...

The design of the bank note was unveiled before it is being formally issued to the public on June 23, Turing's birthday. The 50-pound note is the most valuable denomination in circulation but is ...

In this photo provided by the Bank of England on Thursday, March 25, 2021, new 50-pound notes featuring scientist Alan Turing on the printing press. The rainbow flag is flying proudly above the Bank ...