50 Pounds - Elizabeth II - Alan Turing (Polymer)
Obverse: © smithymx67
Reverse: © smithymx67
Description
This was a standard circulation banknote for the UK, it replaces the outgoing paper 50 pound banknote.
Key Security Features:
- Hologram Text changes between 'Fifty' 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 '£50 Bank of England’ printed twice around the edge
- A silver foil patch which contains a 3D image of the coronation crown
- A red foil patch which contains the letters 'AT'
- Under ultraviolet light, the number '50' 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
77 mm
Height
146 mm
Face Value
50 Pounds (50 GBP)
Composition
Polymer
Obverse (top)
Obverse Description
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on a red background with wording around, to the left is a transparent window with depiction of integrated circuit chips overlaid.
Obverse Lettering
£50
Bank of England
50
I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF FIFTY POUNDS
LONDON
FOR THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY
OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND
Sarah John
CHEIF CASHIR
£50 BANK OF ENGLAND
Fifty Pounds
EIIR
© THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 2020
Reverse (bottom)
Reverse Description
A portrait of Alan Turing with mathematic in the background, wording surrounds with the window with the intergrated circuits, serial number left and below.
Reverse Lettering
Bank of England
£50
Fifty Pounds
This is only a foretaste of what is to come
and only a shadow of what is going to be
Alan Turing 1912-1954
© THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 2020
Printers
De La Rue, London
1821 - to date
Issues
Year
ND
Comments
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