BoE unveiled new £50 pounds banknote – Alan TURING
- March 27, 2021
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Last update on 03/27/2021
IT pioneer Alan Turing will be the obverse of the new £50 banknotes, which will enter into circulation june 23rd 2021, the Bank of England announced on Monday 15 July.
British researcher Alan Turing would have turned 100 on June 23, 2012.
Who was Alan TURING
During the Second World War, the code of the Enigma machine could not have been deciphered without TURING’s work. This electromechanical device, contained in a simple briefcase, allowed the Nazis to encrypt communications between their North Atlantic submarines and the German admiralty.
Once Enigma’s secrets...
The first polymer banknote issued by Egypt is announced!
- January 31, 2021
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The Central Bank of Egypt (ECB) plans to issue a commemorative 10 egyptian pounds polymer banknote in June 2020, according to ECB Deputy Governor...
HARRIET TUBMAN is back on future USD 20 banknote
- January 30, 2021
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The president of the United States Joe Biden, relaunches the 20 dollar banknote with Harriet Tubman’s effigy (1822-1913). Indeed the black feminist and anti-slavery...
First euro banknote signed by Christine LAGARDE, ECB’s president
- July 07, 2020
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The first euro banknote with the signature of C. LAGARDE was presented yesterday to the public .
Christine LAGARDE is the fourth ECB president to...
Nellie MELBA gives voice on the new Australian 100 AUD banknote!
- March 06, 2020
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A few days ago, the Reserve Bank of Australia (Reserve Bank of Australia) unveiled the visuals for its AUD100 banknote of the new series....
Bank of England unveils new “TURNER” £20 banknote
- February 16, 2020
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A few months ago, Governor Mark Carney unveiled the design of the new £20 note featuring the artist JMW Turner. It will be issued...
C. LAGARDE head of the ECB: a new signature on euro banknotes
- December 03, 2019
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Mrs Christine LAGARDE was appointed Governor of the ECB in July 2019.
After Win DUISENBERG, Jean Claude TRICHET and Mario DRAGHI, Mrs LAGARDE is the...
2019 new AUD 20 banknote dedicated to REIBEY and FLYNN
- October 07, 2019
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The new Australian $20 banknote will be put into circulation in October 2019.
He pays tribute to Mary Reibey, an inmate who escaped rigid social...
Currency in crisis – German emergency money 1914-1924, British Museum
- October 06, 2019
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Notgeld, or ‘emergency money’, from the early Weimar Republic, is a powerful illustration of the turbulent years during and after the First World War...
