British notes 50 Pounds banknote, Queen Elizabeth II & Sir John Houblon.
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| £50 pounds Bank of England note |
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| 50 Pounds banknote |
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Obverse: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
Reverse: Portrait of Sir John Houblon (13 March 1632 – 10 January 1712) , the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697 and the old-style £50 note was issued during the same year (1994) as the Bank of England celebrated its 300th anniversary. The design also includes an image of the Bank Gatekeeper and Houblon's house in Threadneedle Street, the site of the present Bank of England building.
Watermark: Image of the Queen's portrait.
In December 1694 the Bank, originally occupying Mercers’ Hall, paid £5,500 for an eleven year lease on Grocers’ Hall where it eventually remained until 1733. On the failure to negotiate a renewal of the lease it was agreed to “build a new public office upon the Bank’s estate in Threadneedle Street”; the original site of Sir John Houblon’s house and gardens.
After the death of Lady Houblon in 1732 the site was to become the basis for Sampson to begin the development of the present Bank of England building in Threadneedle Street. Subsequently, the church of St Christpher-le-Stocks and the graveyard were to disappear beneath the ever-increasing requirements of the Bank.
Bank of England notes Fifty pounds note, Queen Elizabeth II & Sir Christopher Wren.
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| £50 pounds banknote |
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| £50 Bank of England note |
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The first issue of notes with historical figures were known as the “D series,” and the last of this set was the £50 note, in use from 1981 to 1996. It featured the esteemed architect Sir Christopher Wren.
Obverse: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
Reverse: Portrait of architect Sir Christopher Wren and Wren’s most well known work, St. Paul’s Cathedral, with both a landscape picture and a floor plan.
Sir Christopher Wren (20 October 1632 – 25 February 1723) is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710.
Great Britain bank notes 10 Pounds Sterling banknote,
Florence Nightingale & Queen Elizabeth II.
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| British notes - 10 Pounds, Queen Elizabeth II. |
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| £10 Bank of England note, Florence Nightingale. |
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Obverse: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen is depicted in state robes, wearing the George IV State Diadem, Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee necklace and Queen Alexandra’s Cluster Earrings. The necklace was bought from funds donated by the ‘Women of the British Empire’ to celebrate Queen Victoria’s fifty years on the throne. The necklace was presented to Queen Victoria on 24 June 1887. The earrings, created by the jeweller Garrard, were a wedding gift from the future King Edward VII to his bride, Alexandra of Denmark.
Reverse: Portrait of Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale, plus a hospital scene showing her work at the Selimiye Barracks in Scutari as a British army hospital during the Crimean War.
Florence Nightingale was known as the "Lady with the lamp" for she was a guiding force in the improvement of sanitary conditions in field hospitals in British military installations in battle locations.
After the conclusion of the Crimean War, she became an advocate for improved sanitation in the British military, and also of establishing nursing colleges to train professional nurses.
Watermark: Florence Nightingale.
Signature: G. M. Gill - Chief Cashier.
Design: Harry Eccleston.
Date first issued: 20 February 1975.
Date last issued: 1992.
Date ceased to be legal tender: 20 May 1994.
English Banknotes 5 Pounds Note, Duke of Wellington & Queen Elizabeth.
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| £5 British Pound Sterling note, Queen Elizabeth |
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| £5 Pounds, Duke of Wellington |
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Obverse: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen is depicted in state robes, wearing the George IV State Diadem, Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee necklace and Queen Alexandra’s Cluster Earrings. Bank of England logo: Britannia seated next to a pile of coins and a shield, holding a spear and a laurel or olive branch. Nike, also known as Victoria, winged goddess of victory riding a chariot pulled by two horses.
Reverse: Portrait of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was a British soldier and statesman, a native of Ireland from the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. Scene during the famous Battle of Salamanca.
The Battle of Salamanca saw the Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington defeat Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces among the hills around Arapiles south of Salamanca, Spain on 22 July 1812 during the Peninsular War.
Watermark: Vertically repeated effigy of The Duke of Wellington.
Signature: D.H.F. Somerset - Chief Cashier.
Date first issued: 11 November 1971. Date last issued: 1990.
Date ceased to be legal tender: 29 November 1991.
Design: Harry Eccleston.
Bank of England £10 British Pounds banknote of 1966-1970.
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| British notes - 10 Pounds banknote, Queen Elizabeth II |
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| Bank of England Ten Pounds note |
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Obverse: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II,this portrait was drawn by Reynolds Stone, who was responsible for the design of the 5- and 10-pound notes in the ‘C’ series. The engraving of the portrait was executed by Alan Dow of Bradbury Wilkinson and Company. Austin’s portrait depicts Her Majesty wearing the George IV State Diadem and a necklace of three matched strings of pearls, her preferred choice of necklace for informal and semi-formal occasions. The pearl necklace was given to Elizabeth by King George V on the occasion of his Silver Jubilee, on 6 May 1935.
Reverse: Idealized depiction of a British Lion holding in its mouth a flowing ribbon bearing the inscription "TEN POUNDS" Bank of England, and also holds in the paw a double sided key depicting the strength of the Britain's economy.
Great Britain banknotes £5 British pounds banknote, Helmeted Britannia.
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| British banknotes Helmeted Britannia £5 banknote |
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| Bank of England banknote 5 Pound note |
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Obverse: Blue and multicolor. Helmeted Britannia head at left, St. George and dragon at lower center. Signature L.K. O'Brien.
Reverse: British Lion holding a chained double sided key depicting the strength of the Britain's economy - standing left. Denomination £5 in blue print on back.
Date first issued: 21 February 1957
Date last issued: 1963
Date ceased to be legal tender: 27 June 1967
Colour: Blue.
Size: 6 1/4" x 3 1/2" (158 mm x 90 mm)
Design: Stephen Gooden.
British White Five Pounds Note Britannia, Bank of England - White Fiver of 1937,
Signed by K. O. Peppiatt.
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| Bank of England - Britannia White Five Pounds note |
British White Five Pounds Banknote Britannia, Bank of England - White Fiver of 1937, Signed by K. O. Peppiatt.
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