The IBNS menu
News
| IBNS Journal 64-2 |
includes articles on Cuban Silver Certificates, Finnish 1000 Markkaa 1941 Litt. E Note, Quarter Portion of British Burma 100 Rupees, FIFA World Cup 2022 Banknote, YMCA Canteen Checks from Vladivostock, Banknote Design & Cultural Identity, New Issues and Chapter News. |
| Read more... |
Bank of England's 50 Pound Note
Nominated by Christopher Nield, IBNS Member 9638
| Note | B206 (PNL): 50 pounds (US$63) |
| Predominant Colour(s) | Red |
| Front | English text; Bank of England seal; Queen Elizabeth II; coronation crown; computer chip circuitry; Bank of England headquarters, London; coats of arms; Queen Elizabeth II |
| Back | English text; mathematical table and formulae from Turing’s seminal 1936 paper, “On Computable Numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem;” ticker tape depicting Alan Turing’s birth date (23 June 1912) in binary code; technical drawings for the British Bombe; Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) Pilot Machine; Alan Turing; sunflower head as red foil patch |
| Watermark (shadow image) | None |
| Additional Security | Kurz’s Kinegram Colors holographic stripe |
| Printer | De La Rue |
| Size | 146 x 77 mm Polymer (Guardian and Safeguard) |
| Introduced | 23/06/2021 |
| Information provided courtesy of The Banknote Book | |