1 Pound - Elizabeth II Sir Isaac Newton

€202,356.00
IssuerEngland (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Year1978-1984
TypeStandard banknote
Value1 Pound (1 GBP)
CurrencyPound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date)
CompositionPaper
Size135 × 67 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)Harry Eccleston
Engraver(s)
In circulation to11 March 1988
Reference(s) P#377
Obverse descriptionDeep green on multicolour underprint. Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in court robes at right.
Reverse descriptionSir Isaac Newton at centre right, guilloches grey at lower left and right corners.  Note: later revised version has light green guilloches (see comments)
Signature(s)J. B. Page, D. H. F. Somerset,
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionSir Isaac Newton
Obverse letteringBANK OF ENGLAND I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF ONE POUND LONDON FOR THE GOVr. AND COMPa. OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND
Reverse letteringONE POUND Sir Isaac Newton 1642 · 1727
Variants
Catalog ID9272635410
Comments