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10 Pounds - Charles III Jane Austen, polymer
| Issuer | Bank of England |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Size | 132 × 69 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of HM King Charles III at right, with a clear polymer window at left centre incorporating an image of Winchester Cathedral and a hologram security element below. The note is executed in the characteristic teal and green colour palette of the Bank of England £10 series, with fine guilloche underprint throughout. |
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| Reverse description | Vignette of Jane Austen at centre, based on the well-known portrait, with a clear polymer window at right centre incorporating an image of a tower. Surrounding design elements complement the teal and green colour scheme consistent with the obverse. |
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The Charles III issue of the Jane Austen £10 is the same polymer note introduced in 2017, with the monarch's effigy updated following the accession in September 2022. No redesign was undertaken — the changeover was a portrait substitution only, and both versions remain legal tender concurrently. De La Rue has held the Bank of England polymer contract since the switch from paper began with the Churchill fiver in 2016, printing at their Gateshead facility.
Transitional royal issues rarely circulate long before being set aside by collectors, which means worn examples of this particular note may prove harder to source than pristine ones for some years.