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judging by the number of £5 notes i ever get in my pocket its a pity he could not have been put on a 10 or 20 to reflect the importance he was to many people

It has taken almost 50 years after Churchills death to put him on a bank note, if they do the same for Margaret Thatcher in 50 years time anyone around who remembered her will be long gone

This is all that I can find as to who can and cannot be on an English bank note ................. and I've had to find it in a "foreign" publication

......... a Canadian newspaper :-D


"Queen Elizabeth is on one side of each of Britain’s four denominations of bank notes, while celebrated Britons take their turn for 10 to 20-year stints on the overleaf.

This will be the third change of bank note announced under King, who steps down from the Bank of England’s top job after 10 years on July 1. He brought fellow economist Adam Smith onto the 20 pound note and the inventors of the steam engine to the 50 pound note........................

...................... The current batch of notes features prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, naturalist Charles Darwin, economist Smith and Matthew Boulton and James Watt, inventors of the steam engine.

Banknotes have had historical figures on them for around 40 years but Churchill will be only the second prime minister after the Duke of Wellington to feature on a note and one of only a few individuals from the 20th century."

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I thought / hoped the Bank of England would have had a statement to aid people wishing to suggest a possible figure for commemoration this way.

well, are we surprised?

Totally agree with you

nooooo Barbinsglos - the Thatcher comment - totally unnecessary on this thread and somewhat disrespectful

Errol, me ???

was that really necessary?

True to form

I was waiting for one of you , and you know who you are, to come up with that quip

Shame on you

i would buy thatcher stamps but they woudnt stick down

i would keep spitting on the wrong side :-D

Are there not strict regulations in the UK re live vs dead people to be featured on stamps, coins, and bank notes?

There certainly is here.

In Canada, certain people still alive may be featured on commemorative stamps issued for short periods. Only the Queen is featured on non-commemorative stamps, ie those intended for long time circulation

We do not have living people featured on bank notes, only historical figures.



Politicos in most democracies are rarely featured on anything other than commemorative stamps or coins, and then only, I think, after their death.

Jonesey. Only a very few celebrated. Several mourned. And a lot ignored.

Way to test the water would be to issue a set of stamps for Baroness Thatcher like they did for Sir Winston Churchill. Still have the commemorative set somewhere with the commemorative crowns from 1965.

Be interesting to see how many in South Yorks, South Wales and other ex-industrial areas would buy Mrs T stamps and crowns. :-S Perhaps also issue stamps of more recent political leaders - Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, John Smith, John Major, Neil Kinnock, Michael Foot.

I don't see much chance of any of today's politicians, irrespective of which party they represent, featuring on British banknotes any time in the future.

I suppose there may be a chance that as this countries first woman prime minister, Margaret Thatcher's portrait might one day be selected to appear on a British banknote. That however begs the question. If it did, would those who so shamefully celebrated her death destroy that image of her or refuse to have it in their wallet or purse?

Thanks Joy

That does say the Karsh portrait will be on the note ....................

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The plan is for the Churchill note to be issued as a £5 note, and that it shall be issued during 2016; but those choices may be reviewed as plans for issuing the new note are finalised.

Features of the design on the reverse of the note will include:

A portrait of Winston Churchill from a photograph taken in Ottawa by Yousuf Karsh on 30 December 1941 - © Yousuf Karsh/Camera Press.

A view of Westminster and the Elizabeth Tower from the South Bank looking across Westminster Bridge - © Abi Daker.

The image of the Elizabeth Tower with the hands of the Great Clock at 3 o’clock – the approximate time on 13 May 1940 when Sir Winston Churchill declared in a speech to the House of Commons: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” This declaration is quoted beneath the portrait.

A background image of the Nobel Prize medal which he was awarded in 1953 for literature, together with the wording of the prize citation. The trademark Nobel Prize® is reproduced with permission from the Nobel Foundation.


Further details on the full design of the new note will be revealed when the new note is launched, together with a full promotion and awareness campaign.

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That seems to answer most of the questions asked on here!

Information about the new banknote in the Bank of England site:
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/churchill.aspx

and I guess that the reason for him being on the £5 now, is that the £5 was the next one in line for replacement.


All our media is reporting that the Karsh photo portrait is the one chosen

Elizabeth Fry featured on the £5 note.

My grandad met Winston during WW1, dad says in France/ Belgium. He had a framed photograph of him on his living room wall where it stayed till grandad passed away.

If he were alive today he would be saying..."Well about bloody time"
:-)

Not forgetting Brittanica of course :-)

There was another woman other than Liz on a bank note for a few years

Florence Nightingale is the only woman to be featured on Bank of England notes. From 1975 until 1992, her portrait appeared on the back of £10 notes, accompanied by a scene showing her tending the wounded soldiers in Scutari: it was on these nightly rounds that she became known as 'the lady of the lamp'. On the notes, the rays from her lamp gradually merge into the abstract patterns of security printing in the background.