New £20 note

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49987329

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Reply 1

davesantana

design of £20>solving knife crime

Reply 2

Andrew97

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Original post by zedius

design of £20>solving knife crime

What?

Reply 3

username1148663

Should have picked someone way better than turner to be in the note like they did for the 5 and 50 pound notes

Reply 4

Ðeggs

Love the design, but who is the featured person?

Reply 5

Blue_Cow

Looks rather nice

Unfortunately I am too much of a student to be able to carry around 20 smackers :getmecoat:

Reply 6

Occitanie

Original post by paul514

Should have picked someone way better than turner to be in the note like they did for the 5 and 50 pound notes

Should have been Charlie Chaplin.

Reply 7

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Original post by Occitanie

Should have been Charlie Chaplin.

It should have been someone important to history, it could have been Cromwell, Pankhurst, Wilberforce, Disraeli etc

Reply 8

Obolinda

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Don't have any strong opinions either way but I guess this new design is needed. £20 is forged a lot.

Reply 9

username1148663

Original post by Deggs_14

Love the design, but who is the featured person?

Turner

Reply 10

Occitanie

Original post by paul514

It should have been someone important to history, it could have been Cromwell, Pankhurst, Wilberforce, Disraeli etc

Between those four I would have chosen Cromwell. You?

Reply 11

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Original post by Blue_Cow

Looks rather nice

Unfortunately I am too much of a student to be able to carry around 20 smackers :getmecoat:

I am too much of a student to be able to carry around 1p smackers :getmecoat:

Reply 12

Blue_Cow

Original post by Glaz

I am too much of a student to be able to carry around 1p smackers :getmecoat:

Who cares?

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/E927/production/_109178695_newnote3.jpg

the painting in the background shows the once-glorious ship Fighting Temeraire being towed to the breaker's yard. a fitting symbol of the wreckage of the Union and our economy. clearly this image was carefully selected.

Reply 15

Andora

Original post by Glaz

Opinions?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49987329

I like it, nice colour. Though I'm not too familiar on the featured person.

Reply 16

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Original post by Occitanie

Between those four I would have chosen Cromwell. You?

It was just off the top of my I could have listed 20 easily of that kind of quality.

Any of them would be better than a bloody artist

Reply 17

BlueIndigoViolet

Love the colour and design - good job,favourite note of the series with that deep purple :biggrin:

Turing for the £50 note was an excellent choice too

(omg found out Turner tried to avoid the trappings of success and fame, and retaining his Cockney heritage and accent throughout his life, and after the death of his father, withdrew from life, dying in squalor :frown:

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Reply 18

Surnia

Original post by paul514

It was just off the top of my I could have listed 20 easily of that kind of quality.

Any of them would be better than a bloody artist

The Bank of England go for people from different fields, not just political leaders or scientists or engineers. He's a popular figure and 'The Fighting Temeraire' was voted the Greatest Painting in Britain.