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MSE News: New plastic £50 note featuring Alan Turing revealed by Bank of England

MSE_Helen_K Posts: 159 MSE Staff

25 March 2021 at 5:14PM in Shop but don't drop

A new plastic £50 note featuring the inventor and codebreaker Alan Turing has been revealed by the Bank of England today. It will launch into circulation from 23 June and will eventually replace the current paper design featuring entrepreneur Matthew Boulton and engineer James Watt...

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