20 Pounds - Elizabeth II - JMW Turner (Polymer)
Obverse: © smithymx67
Reverse: © smithymx67
Description
This was a standard circulation banknote for the UK, it replaces the outgoing paper 20 pound banknote.
Key Security Features:
- Hologram Text changes between 'Twenty' 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 '£20 Bank of England’ printed twice around the edge
- A silver foil patch which contains a 3D image of the coronation crown
- A purple foil patch which contains the letter 'T'
- Under ultraviolet light, the number '20' 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
73 mm
Height
139 mm
Face Value
20 Pounds (20 GBP)
Composition
Polymer
Obverse (top)
Obverse Description
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on a purple background with wording around, to the left is a transparent window with Margate Lighthouse and Turner Contemporary overlaid.
Obverse Lettering
£20
Bank of England
20
I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF TWENTY POUNDS
LONDON
FOR THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY
OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND
Sarah John
CHEIF CASHIR
£20 BANK OF ENGLAND
Twenty Pounds
EIIR
© THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 2018
Reverse (bottom)
Reverse Description
A portrait of Joseph Mallord William Turner with his "The Fighting Temeraire" in the background, wording surrounds with the window with the Margate Lighthouse and Turner Contemporary, serial number left and below.
Reverse Lettering
Bank of England
£20
Twenty Pounds
Light is therefore colour
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851
© THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 2018
Printers
De La Rue, London
1821 - to date
Issues
Year
ND
Comments
Sarah John signature