Nominations for who should appear on the new £ 20 note [Closed: 19th July]

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Link: Banknote Characters | Bank of England

 

...The next £20 banknote will celebrate Britain’s achievements in the visual arts. Between 19 May and 19 July 2015, the public were asked to nominate a visual artist to feature on the note. We would like to thank everyone for their nominations. The final character will be announced in spring next year and the note will enter circulation by the end of 2020...

 

Nominations include Albert R. Broccoli, Alfred Hitchcock, Beatrix Potter, Beryl Cook, Clarice Cliff, David Mellor,...

 

Full list: Visual Artists Nominated By The Public To Appear On The Next £20 Note [Presentation: 6 page PDF]

[comrade]

Visual arts?

 

Only one I can think of is Alfred. They have to be dead of course, I can think of a few others that are alive.

[Techie2000]

I vote King Bob...

[Arthur]

Visual arts?

Keith Harris and Orville the Duck.

[CAM]

I'd say Albert R. Broccoli. James Bond still going strong!

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Link: Britons want Sir David Attenborough on new £20 note instead of JMW Turner | The Independent

 

Sir David Attenborough has come out on top on a list of “ethical champions” Britons would like to see featured on the next £20 note, a survey has revealed.

 

Forty per cent of 2,128 people surveyed in the poll conducted by YouGov on behalf of Good Money Week said Sir David was their first choice, choosing the veteran broadcaster over Richard Branson, Stella McCartney and Jamie Oliver.

 

Prince Charles was a distant second choice, earning just 7 per cent of support, while Harry Potter writer JK Rowling won the approval of 4 per cent of those polled...

[Arthur]

Britons want Sir David Attenborough on new £20 note instead of JMW Turner

Are they expecting Sir David Attenborough to die soon? I hope not!

 

From what I can tell there has never been a living person on the reverse of a Bank of England banknote...

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_on_banknotes#England_and_Wales

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England_note_issues#Withdrawn_notes

 

 

 

 

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Are they expecting Sir David Attenborough to die soon? I hope not!

 

From what I can tell there has never been a living person on the reverse of a Bank of England banknote...

I am also hopeful of Sir David Attenborough's continued survival.

 

Link 1: List of people on the postage stamps of the United Kingdom [Wikipedia]

 

...Until 2005, the Royal Mail policy was that the only identifiable living people depicted on British stamps were the monarch and other members of the Royal Family (or people imminently marrying into it). This policy was only occasionally broken. The first exception was in the 1967 issue commemorating the solo round the world voyage of Gipsy Moth IV where a person appeared as an unidentifiable blob on the yacht – as there was only one person on board it must have been Francis Chichester. Similarly in the issue honouring Freddie Mercury, drummer Roger Taylor can be seen in the background.

 

The rule was again broken in December 2003 when players from England's team which beat Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final were shown; however, no faces appeared. The rule was finally abandoned with the release on 6 October 2005 of a set of stamps to commemorate the English cricket team's victory over Australia in the 2005 Ashes series. The four stamps clearly and deliberately depict members of the team including captain Michael Vaughan and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff. A series of stamps released in January 2007 featured some of the most famous Beatles album covers, which also show members of the band. Similarly, a 2011 stamp features actor David Tennant in the role of Hamlet. A series of Gold Medal stamps, issued during the 2012 Summer Olympics, feature British gold medal-winning athletes...

 

While I can't find a similar statement of policy/intent for banknotes there is this:

 

Link 2: Banknote Characters | Bank of England

 

...Characters featured on previous notes

 

The Bank has featured historic figures on banknotes since 1970. The characters depicted on previous notes have been:

 

• Charles Dickens (writer)
  
• Sir Edward Elgar (composer)
  
• Michael Faraday (scientist)
  
• Sir John Houblon (first Governor of the Bank of England)
  
• Sir Isaac Newton (scientist)
  
• Florence Nightingale (nursing)
  
• William Shakespeare (poet/playwright)
  
• George Stephenson (engineer)
  
• 1st Duke of Wellington (general/statesman)
  
• Sir Christopher Wren (architect)
  
• Elizabeth Fry (Philanthropist)

 

[DalekSec]

Charlie Chaplin! Must win

[failnator]

All that comes to mind for me is Bruce forsyth.

[6Foot2]

Tom Baker?

 

[DalekSec]

Lemmy Kilmister

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https://youtu.be/ClUFVu4ZRcI

 

Posted on YouTube: 10^th October 2019

 

Link: The new £20 note [bank of England]

 

Our new polymer £20 note is coming on 20 February 2020. It features the artist JMW Turner.

[Arthur]

New polymer £20 featuring painter Turner enters circulation

 

You'll soon no longer find Adam Smith in your wallet or purse. The economist has been replaced as the face of the £20 note by artist JMW Turner.

 

The Bank of England said the new polymer £20 - which enters circulation on Thursday - is its most secure ever banknote.

 

It includes two see-through windows and a two colour foil to help beat forgers.

 

The Bank reckons half of all ATMs across the UK to be dispensing the new notes in just two weeks' time.

 

The new £20 is the third plastic banknote to be issued in the UK after the fiver featuring Winston Churchill - launched in 2016 - and the tenner featuring Jane Austen, which was first issued in 2017.

 

It replaces the paper one featuring Adam Smith which has been in circulation since 2007.

 

But you'll still be able to use the old notes for many months to come. The Bank will give six months' notice ahead of its legal tender status being withdrawn.

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