The Bank of England on Tuesday rolled out new five-pound notes made of polymer, replacing the cotton paper used for the last 100 years. The new notes stay cleaner, are harder to counterfeit, and ...

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 Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, poses at Winchester Cathedral in England on Tuesday, with the new 10-pound note featuring the image of Jane Austen.

Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney unveiled the full new design of the note Thursday at Churchill’s birthplace in Oxfordshire. The new fiver will be printed on polymer, a thin flexible plastic film.

King Charles will now feature on the five, 10, 20 and 50 pound notes. (Supplied: Bank of England ) The Queen first appeared on BoE banknotes in 1960. However British coins have long featured ...

Carney elevated the creator of Mr. Darcy's to the 10 pound (about $15) note within weeks of his taking over the helm of the UK's central bank.

When the Bank of England announced earlier this year that it would replace Elizabeth Fry, 19 th century social reformer, with Winston Churchill on the 5-pound note, it got an earful from critics.