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The Bank of England £20 note is a sterling banknote. It is the second-highest denomination of banknote currently issued by the Bank of England . The current polymer notes, first issued on 5 June 2024, bears the image of King Charles III on the obverse.
The British twenty pound (£20) coin is a commemorative denomination of sterling coinage, first issued by the Royal Mint in 2013. [1] It is minted in .999 fine silver. [ 2 ] Twenty pound coins are legal tender [ 3 ] but are intended as souvenirs and are almost never seen in general circulation.
The Famous Scots issue of the £20 note featuring the Scottish king Robert the Bruce was introduced in 1971. [4] On the reverse of this note are several images representing a statue of Robert the Bruce, the Monymusk reliquary, Stirling Castle, and a William Wallace monument. The note was updated in 2005 with the bank's new logo on the front, an ...
The obverse of the £20 note shows entrepreneur Catherine Cranston. The reverse shows two red squirrels and a quote from the Scots-language poem 'Venus and Cupid' by Mark Alexander Boyd . [ 14 ] The obverse of the £50 note, in red to mirror the Bank of England £50 notes , depicts educationalist Flora Stevenson on its obverse and an osprey on ...
The Royal Bank of Scotland began issuing £20 notes in 1727, the same year as the bank's founding. Early banknotes were monochrome, and printed on one side only. The issuing of banknotes by Scottish banks was regulated by the Banknote (Scotland) Act 1845 until it was superseded by the Banking Act 2009. [1]
A new series of £5, £10 and £20 notes was issued in May 2008, all featuring an illustration of the Old Bushmills Distillery, and these notes will gradually replace the previous series. [6] [7] The various denominations are differentiated by their colour and size: 5 pound note, blue; 10 pound note, pink; 20 pound note, green; 50 pound note ...
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The £20 note is currently the third largest of five denominations of banknote issued by the Bank of Ireland. [3] The £20 note of the Queen's University Belfast Series was first issued in 2007. This issue features a representation of Hibernia on the front, alongside shields of arms of the six counties of Northern Ireland.