5 Pounds - Elizabeth II - Sir Winston Churchill (Polymer)
Obverse: © smithymx67
Reverse: © smithymx67
Description
This was a standard circulation banknote for the UK, it replaces the outgoing paper 5 pound banknote.
Key Security Features:
- Hologram Text changes between 'Five' and 'Pounds' as the note is moved
- Transparent window with an image, gold on the front and silver on the back
- The Queen's portrait is printed on a transparent window with '£5 Bank of England’ printed twice around the edge
- A silver foil patch which contains a 3D image of the coronation crown
- A green foil patch which contains the letters spelling 'BLENHEIM'
- Under ultraviolet light, the number '5' appears in bright red and yellow
Key Details
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GBR)
Sub Category
England
Issuer
Bank of England
Currency
Pound Sterling (decimalized)
GBP - £
1971 - to date
Type
Standard
Year
ND
Shape
Rectangle
Width
65 mm
Height
125 mm
Face Value
5 Pounds (5 GBP)
Composition
Polymer
Obverse (top)
Obverse Description
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on a turquoise background with wording around, to the left is a transparent window with Big Ben overlaid.
Obverse Lettering
£5
Bank of England
5
I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF FIVE POUNDS
LONDON
FOR THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY
OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND
Victoria Cleland
CHEIF CASHIR
£5 BANK OF ENGLAND
Five Pounds
EIIR
© THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 2015
Reverse (bottom)
Reverse Description
A portrait of Sir Winston Churchill with a view of Westminster in the background, wording surrounds with the window and Big Ben, serial number left and below.
Reverse Lettering
Bank of England
£5
1953 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
AWARDED TO SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
TAS · VITAM · IUVAT
EXCOLLUISE PER
BOE
Winston. Churchill
Five Pounds
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat
Sir Winston Churchill 1874-1965
© THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 2015
Printers
De La Rue, London
1821 - to date
Issues
Year
ND
Comments
Victoria Cleland signature