Editing Banknotes of the pound sterling (section)

==Currently circulating Bank of England notes==
The [[pound sterling]] banknotes in current circulation consist of Series G [[Bank of England]] notes in denominations of £5, £10, £20 and £50. The obverse of these banknotes issued through 4 June 2024 feature the portrait of [[Elizabeth II]] originally introduced in 1990. Starting on 5 June 2024, the Bank of England began issuing notes featuring a portrait of [[Charles III]], which will circulate alongside the Elizabeth II notes and gradually replace them.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/king-charles-banknotes |title=King Charles III banknotes entered circulation on 5 June 2024 |website=Bank of England |date=5 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref>{{efn-lr|The designs for the circulation of banknotes can be found [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bankofengland/albums/72177720304598718 here] via the Bank of England.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2022/december/king-charles-iii-banknotes-unveiled |title=King Charles III banknotes unveiled |website=Bank of England |date=20 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref>}} Select banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland also issue their own banknotes at par with Bank of England issues. Scottish and Northern Irish notes, which are not legal tender but are [[promissory note]]s, are occasionally rejected as payment in England by merchants unfamiliar with them, and are likely difficult or impossible to exchange outside Britain.<ref name="bankofengland_faqs" /><ref name="rm-legal-tender">{{cite web| title=Legal Tender Guidelines| url=http://www.royalmint.com/corporate/policies/legal_tender_guidelines.aspx| publisher=[[Royal Mint]]| access-date=8 November 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217182521/http://www.royalmint.com/corporate/policies/legal_tender_guidelines.aspx| archive-date=17 December 2008|url-status = dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;"
! Value !! Dimensions<br />(millimetres)!! colspan="2" | Main colour !! Reverse figure !! Issue date
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!colspan="6"| Series G polymer banknotes
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|align=center|[[Bank of England £5 note|£5]]{{anchor|10}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 125 × 65
| style="text-align:center; background:#57bdbf;" |
| Turquoise/Blue
| 1941 portrait of [[Winston Churchill]] by [[Yousuf Karsh]], the Elizabeth Tower, and the maze at [[Blenheim Palace]], the quote "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." from [[Blood, toil, tears and sweat|a 1940 speech]] by Churchill, and the [[Nobel Prize]] medal.
| 13 September 2016<ref name="Peachey">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-22306707|title=Sir Winston Churchill to feature on new banknote|date=26 April 2013|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=19 August 2014|author=Peachey, Kevin}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|[[Bank of England £10 note|£10]]{{anchor|20}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 132 × 69
| style="text-align:center; background:#FF5800;" |
| Orange
| Portrait of author [[Jane Austen]] (c. 1810) by James Andrews, based on a portrait by her sister, [[Cassandra Austen|Cassandra]], the quote "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!" from ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', an illustration of [[Elizabeth Bennet]] and a view of [[Godmersham Park]] in Kent.<ref name="tenhere">{{cite web| url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Pages/news/2017/054.aspx|publisher=Bank of England| title=The new £10 note is here | access-date=14 September 2007 | date=14 September 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170914154531/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Pages/news/2017/054.aspx| archive-date= 14 September 2017 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thenewten.co.uk/|publisher=Bank of England| title=The New £10 Note | access-date=14 September 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170908132435/https://www.thenewten.co.uk/| archive-date= 8 September 2017 | url-status= live}}</ref>
| 14 September 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/polymer-10-pound-note|title=£10 note|publisher=Bank of England|access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|[[Bank of England £20 note|£20]]{{anchor|50}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 139 × 73
| style="text-align:center; background: #A020F0;" |
|Purple
|Self-portrait of artist [[J. M. W. Turner]] (c.1799), a version of Turner's ''[[The Fighting Temeraire]]'', the quote "Light is therefore colour" from an 1818 lecture by Turner, and a copy of Turner's signature as made on his will.
| 20 February 2020<ref name=turnerboe>{{cite web|url=https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/polymer-20-pound-note|title=Polymer £20 note|publisher=Bank of England|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|[[Bank of England £50 note|£50]]{{anchor|100}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 146 × 77
| style="text-align:center; background:#ED0A3F;" |
|Red
| 1951 photographic portrait of mathematician and computing science pioneer [[Alan Turing]] with formulae from [[Turing's proof]] and technical drawings for [[Bombe]], the quote "This is only a foretaste of what is to come and only the shadow of what is going to be" from a 1949 interview with ''[[The Times]]'', over a background of [[Pilot ACE]].
| 23 June 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/polymer-50-pound-note|title=The new £50 note|date=7 June 2021|publisher=[[Bank of England]]}}</ref>
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|}