Bank of England unveils King Charles currency.
is appearing on U.K. banknotes for the first time ever.Tuesday , featuring a main portrait of Charles on their front side and a smaller cameo inside the currency's see-through security window.
According to a Bank of England release, the notes are scheduled to enter circulation in mid-2024 and are otherwise unchanged from the designs used for the late, which means that Charles will share the banknotes with Sir Winston Churchill , Jane Austen , JMW Turner and Alan Turing . Charles is also just the second monarch — and the first king — to feature on a Bank of England note after his mother, who first appeared in 1960 King Charles III on the £5 banknote
"I am very proud that the Bank is releasing the design of our new banknotes which will carry a portrait of King Charles III," Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said in a release Tuesday."This is a significant moment, as The King is only the second monarch to feature on our banknotes. People will be able to use these new notes as they start to enter circulation in 2024."
All polymer banknotes carrying a portrait of Queen Elizabeth remain legal tender, and both visitors and the U.K. public can continue to use them as normal, added the Bank of England release. The King's portrait also does not feature on banknotes in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
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