They were said to be able to withstand being scrunched into pockets and survive a spin in the washing machine. But nearly 50 million plastic £5 and £10 notes have had to be replaced since they ...

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 ...

They haven’t been in circulation for all that long, but the new five pound notes have already caused more than their fair share of controversy and drama since their launch in 2016. Firstly ...

Sudan's army-aligned government has issued new banknotes in areas it controls, reportedly aimed at undermining its ...

The new 500 and 1,000-pound notes will be circulated in eight regions that remain wholly under government control. Residents there have until December 23 to exchange the old notes, according to a ...

The one-pound note went through several transformations ... Trafalgar Square Features On this day in 1838, William Wilkins’ new National Gallery building in Trafalgar Square opened to the ...

Unlike in previous currency exchanges, in order to receive new pound notes people have to deposit their old notes. They are then allowed to withdraw limited amounts daily. The RSF has called the ...

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. Mark Twain’s ...

The Sudanese government, in an effort to stabilize its crumbling economy, has introduced new banknotes and compelled the largely unbanked ...