They are smaller, shinier and supposed to be tougher than their predecessors - but are the new plastic five pound notes really that fantastic? The Bank of England who started a £2billion roll out ...

In May 2017, Britain will no longer accept paper five pound notes as legal tender. They'll no longer be accepted at shops and banks. The Bank of England will introduce a new polymer 10 pound note ...

The Bank of England has confirmed that the old paper ten pound notes, which feature the face of Charles Darwin rather than Jane Austen, will cease to be legal tender on March 1, 2018.

One of the Bank of England’s new five-pound notes -- launched just three weeks ago -- is now valued at 4,150 pounds ($5,292).How’s that for inflation? At an auction of bank notes by the BOE in ...

LONDON -- Two hundred years to the day after Jane Austen died, a new 10-pound note featuring an image of one of England's most revered authors has been unveiled -- right where she was buried.At ...

The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, poses at Winchester Cathedral in England on Tuesday, with the new 10-pound note featuring the image of Jane Austen.

LONDON — Jane Austen will become the new face on England’s 10-pound notes — a sign that there is plenty of pride and little prejudice against women on the country’s currency. The Bank o… ...

Britain plans to keep the 50-pound ($65) note part of its currency by introducing a new more secure version of its highest value bill. The Bank of England said Saturday the new 50-pound note will ...

Jane Austen has been gone for 200 years, but she’s getting back in circulation. A new 10-pound note featuring her image was unveiled Tuesday by the Bank of England.

The changing face of U.S. currency 01:30. Jane Austen, one of Britain's most enduring authors, is now on the country's 10-pound note. Apart from the Queen, whose portrait is on all U.K. currency ...

The bank note was unveiled 200 years after Jane Austen died at age 41. Austen, who wrote Pride and Prejudice and Emma, is only the third woman to be featured on a modern bank note, AP reported.

In late November 2016, a claim appeared that the United Kingdom's new £5 bank notes contain beef tallow, a potential cause for concern among vegetarians and vegans who try to keep their contact ...