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England's 5 Pound Note
Nominated by Tej Rathore, IBNS Member 11710
| Note | Great Britain BNL (PNL): 5 pounds (US$6) |
| Predominant Colour(s) | Blue |
| Front | Bank seal; Elizabeth Tower (aka Big Ben); coronation crown; Queen Elizabeth II |
| Back | Winston Churchill; maze at Blenheim Palace in green foil |
| Watermark (shadow image) | None |
| Additional Security | Kurz’s Kinegram Colors holographic stripe; No security thread |
| Printer | TDLR |
| Size | 125 x 65 mm Polymer (Innovia’s Guardian) |
| Introduced | 13/09/2016 |
| Information provided courtesy of The Banknote Book | |