A new 10-pound note featuring her image was unveiled Tuesday by the Bank of England. Austen is the first female author to appear on a British bank note.

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 ...

Bank notes for 1,000 are not so common but that the adventures of this one may be worth a brief narration. They connect themselves with a sad tale of the dangers incurred by inheriting a fortune.

Brexit may have weakened the value of the pound, but British money is physically stronger than ever. The Bank of England on Tuesday rolled out new five-pound notes made of polymer, replacing the ...

The Million Pound Note Mark Twain's classic story of the penniless American who is given a million pound bank note in a wager and succeeds in keeping it intact for a month, makes gentle screen satire.

A new £5 note officially comes into circulation in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, marking the first use of plastic in the history of British currency. Dubbed "The New Fiver" by the Bank of ...

The Royal Family has suffered an international blow as the British monarch will not feature on the new Australian $5 note. The newly redesigned bill will feature a new Indigenous theme in place of ...

Britons got their first full glimpse of the new, highly anticipated "fiver" on Thursday. For plain old cash, the new five pound note is pretty snazzy. It's made of a flexible polymer material that ...

A classic tale from the master of literary realism, Mark Twain. Published in 1893, The Million Pound Bank Note is a short story written towards the end of Mark Twain’s career. Unusually for ...

A very rare Bank of NZ One Pound specimen note is leading a massive re-born interest in extremely valuable old Kiwi paper money on both sides of the Tasman!

Pound notes were first issued at the end of the 17th century, but the British sovereign has featured on them only since 1960; Elizabeth was the first monarch to appear.

The very first Manx bank note ever issued was bought for £24,000 during an auction at Noonans Mayfair in London. The £1 note with serial number one dates from November 1882 was decorated with an ...