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An example of a provincial English banknote: a £1 note issued in 1814 by the Gloucester Old Bank
The Debden Security Printing Ltd printing facility, owned by De La Rue, which prints Bank of England banknotes
Sir Winston Churchill
J. M. W. Turner
Bank of England note issues
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The Bank of England, the central bank of the United Kingdom, has issued banknotes since 1694. In 1921 it gained a legal monopoly on the issue of banknotes in England and Wales, a process that started
Banknotes of the pound sterling
…own banknotes as provisioned by the Banking Act 2009. However, the law requires that the issuing banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland hold a sum of Bank of England banknotes (or gold) equivalent to the total value of notes issued. Versions of the pound sterling issued by Crown Dependencies and other areas are regulated by…
A collection of Bank of England banknotes
£5 note issued by the Fox, Fowler and Company bank in Wellington, Somerset
Obverse side of the 10/– Treasury note
Series A £1 note, issued from London in 1805