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New £20 note Launched |
axxxr
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A new £20 note featuring a portrait of Scottish economist Adam Smith has come into circulation.
The note includes a range of enhanced security measures designed to prevent counterfeiting, such as a wider holographic strip and microlettering.
The new image of Smith will mark the first time a Scotsman has appeared on a Bank of England note.
Current £20 notes, featuring English composer Edward Elgar, will be phased out over the coming months.
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BobaFett
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isnt it time for the uk to get euro?
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axxxr
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No thanks we don't want the Euro!
I'm not big fan of the whole euro unification thing anyway, just leave us alone! 
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voda_jon
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am wit u axxxr on the whole euro thingy...
I wanna b british wit british money an british law not european...
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axxxr
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On 2007-03-13 23:19:10, voda_jon wrote:
I wanna b british wit british money an british law not european...
J.
Exactly.... every sovereign country should have there own identity, and currency is a huge part of that identity....we don't want any United States of Europe telling us how we should live!
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Nanu
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My GF works in the bank and brought one of these notes home tonight! (she tells me its hers!  ) any how when i saw it i was surprised having not heard of any new note being released, my initial response was, " so i take it we ain't getting the euro any time soon " to which she replied "word is we'll never get the Euro, as the £ is way too strong"
So Go £ !!! 
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fatreg
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GRRRRRRR..
why are they changing the £20 again when the £50 is still stuck on the old layout!?
all notes bar the £50 have changed over the last to be the £5 and now they are changing the £20 again.. does this mean we will see a new £10 and £5 soon? if so what about my poor £50's?? all the ones i ever see (and i see a few) are always battered and are in need a replacement!?
sort it out the bank of england please?
oh and as for euro!? not gonna happen in our lifetime put it that way!
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axxxr
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I agree its about time a new £50 should be introduced!
A close up of the new score!
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p900 lover
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Most of the new £50 notes i see are new, some are old to be fair.
I dont really like the new £20, what was wrong with the old one?
And as for the Euro, no way, no thank you lol |
Xugaa
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Hmmm, nice but it does look rather suspiciously "European" like...
With European Union membership, dying traditions and culture; the change from GBP to EUR would be the final execution blow on the UK/Britain and all she represents. Sure we'll still have some other remaining British aspects, but this will be the complete political/economical EU takeover.
"But we have our own dream and our own task.
We are with Europe, but not of it.
We are linked but not combined.
We are interested and associated but not absorbed."
- Winston Churchill.
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Coxy
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Can't say I see any reason to change it. Also why a Scotsman? No offence to anyone, but surely that would be better suited to scottish notes? 
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peanut
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We'll get the Euro, it's already on the way - via the back door - our notes are almost the same size, they 'look' Euro-ish and the £ is practically locked in to the value which is all they need to do. I can't remember a time it dropped below the 65 - 70p mark. Coincidence I think not.
Being 'strong' won't stop us being locked in - we did it once before with the ERM but of course that was ill-conceived at the time.
I really think our attentions would be better turned to sorting out the ever increasing chav society that invades our peace and quiet. Rather than worrying about the colour of our notes, lets sort out the unsavoury characters that appear to be spending them without contributing to society first. |
fatreg
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back door peanut?
that god damn euro will not make it to our shores, our currency is just too strong the world over.
old peeps are only just getting used to £'s and P's they aint gonna get used to €'s and C's.....
i love my pounds, we are stronger than Ireland who didnt want to keep their punts.
after all we don't even want to be part of europe at the end of the day!
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arien617
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On 2007-03-13 23:44:24, fatreg wrote:
GRRRRRRR..
why are they changing the £20 again when the £50 is still stuck on the old layout!?
all notes bar the £50 have changed over the last to be the £5 and now they are changing the £20 again.. does this mean we will see a new £10 and £5 soon? if so what about my poor £50's?? all the ones i ever see (and i see a few) are always battered and are in need a replacement!?
sort it out the bank of england please?
oh and as for euro!? not gonna happen in our lifetime put it that way!
fatreg
I think the rest of the notes are due to be replaced next spring.
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Miss UK
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I really hate the 1ps and 2p's why can't we just get rid of them and keep the 5p and 10p's 
or better still change the darm things!!!
btw ive never even had a 50 note,
so thats prob why they have revamped the £20
It wouldn't take a long time to get aquaninted to the EURO over here,
like everywhere else they have to sucome to change eventually
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