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Counterfeit British Pound Notes from the Second World War
During the Second World War, the Nazis created one of the most significant counterfeiting operations in history. Operation Bernhard planned to undermine the British economy by flooding it with forged ...
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£20 note: New design for Britain's most-forged banknote
The new design ... artist on the note. Some 590 eligible visual artists were considered for the honour - about a fifth of whom are women. A brief history of currency from the British Museum ...
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Your new £10 note might be worth a LOT of money if it features this little detail
As we all know already, feminist badass and legendary author Jane Austen has replaced Charles Darwin on the £10 note – making her the only woman to feature on our currency at the moment (other ...
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Banknotes: More than £24.5bn of £20, £10 and £5 notes not returned
The Bank of England has not yet set out its six-month deadline for the paper £20 to stop being legal tender More than £24.5 billion in old fivers, tenners and twenty pound paper notes are still ...
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British pound and bond yields dive as U.K. inflation hits lowest in more than three years
The British pound plunged below $1.30 and government bond yields dived after a report showing U.K. inflation dropped sharply to its lowest level in more than three years prompted traders to ...
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British pound - world’s oldest currency still in use
At 1,200 years of age, the British ... and each note had to be signed by one of the bank’s cashiers. Today’s banknotes developed out of these original handwritten notes. The pound is currently ...
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Pound falls after cooler-than-expected British inflation
LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The pound dropped on Wednesday after data showing British inflation slowed more than expected in September, making it easier for the Bank of England to cut interest ...