Move over, CHARLES DARWIN. Writer JANE AUSTEN will be the new face - TopicsExpress



          

Move over, CHARLES DARWIN. Writer JANE AUSTEN will be the new face on the £10 note starting in 2017, the Bank of England has announced. The new note will also feature a quote from one of her novels. The Pride and Prejudice author was chosen after 35,000 people signed a petition to urge the bank to have a woman on one of the bills. In April, the bank announced that it would be replacing ELIZABETH FRY with WINSTON CHURCHILL on the £5 note in 2016. Bank officials said they had already been planning to put Austen’s face on the money. Banknotes are redesigned fairly often to prevent forgery.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 18:22:12 +0000

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