Posted on 04/26/2013 7:44:54 AM PDT by C19fan
Sir Winston Churchill will feature on the new design of a banknote which will enter circulation in 2016, the Bank of England has announced.
The wartime leader's image is planned to feature on the reverse of the new £5 note, together with one of his most celebrated quotations.
Churchill was chosen owing to his place as "a hero of the entire free world", said Bank governor Sir Mervyn King.
The current face of the £5 note is social reformer Elizabeth Fry.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Will Labour’s fingers burn every time they touch one of the bills?
There is already a Bank of England note with Adam Smith on it. :)
will Obama’s make it to the $3 Bill ? In that movie Total Recall (2012) Obama’s face is on 50(dollars maybe) bill .
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