Jane Austen, one of Britain's most enduring authors, is now on the country's 10-pound note. Apart from the Queen, whose portrait is on all U.K. currency, Austen is only the third woman to feature ...

One of only nine ever issued was auctioned at a specialist sale in London. Produced in 1948 under the Marshall Plan to help the British economy stave off post-war bankruptcy, the notes were part ...

LONDON -- Two hundred years to the day after Jane Austen died, a new 10-pound note featuring an image of one of England's most revered authors has been unveiled -- right where she was buried.At ...

The pound was long the symbol of Britain's economic might. The chaos surrounding Brexit, the country's 2016 decision to leave the European Union, has sent the currency falling sharply.

A new 50 pound ($70) banknote featuring the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing enters circulation in Britain on Wednesday, three months after the Bank of England first unveiled the ...

As if having a Knight of the Realm in your band weren't honor enough, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones are among the celebrities under consideration to appear on a new 10 pound note that is soon ...

The pound is trading at $1.36 early Wednesday in London. The jump, which marks an 8.7% gain against the U.S. dollar so far this year, puts the British currency right back into the global financial ...

These notes are old versions of today's ten pound notes. They have William Shakespeare and Florence Nightingale on the back. The notes are smaller now, the Queen looks younger and Charles Dickens ...

A new British banknote featuring a self-portrait by the 19th-century painter J.M.W. Turner entered circulation on Thursday. The 20-pound note is the third ...

One of the new British 10 pound notes is posed for photographs outside the Bank of England in the City of London, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Matt Dunham/The Associated Press. Share.