Polymer £10 BankNote Enters Circulation In UK
| 14 Sep 2017
The new £10 note featuring author Jane Austen enters circulation in the UK today.
It is the second currency in England to be printed on polymer plastic, a material that will last 2.5 times longer than paper, following the launch of a new five pound note last year.
Austen will replace Charles Darwin on the £10, joining Adam Smith, Winston Churchill and Boulton and Watt in a cast of historic figures that the Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, said helps currency "serve as a collective memory for a country".
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