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10 Pounds - Elizabeth II Series C, portrait
| Issuer | Bank of England |
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| Year | 1964-1975 |
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| Value | 10 Pounds |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF ENGLAND I Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of TEN Pounds London For the Govr. and Compa. of the BANK OF ENGLAND |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a centrally placed vignette of a lion facing left, rendered in the engraved style characteristic of Bank of England Series C notes. The design is set against a plain background with the denomination and issuing authority inscriptions. |
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The Series C £10 introduced a portrait of the Queen for the first time on a Bank of England note of this denomination — a significant break from the purely allegorical imagery that had dominated high-value notes since the 19th century. Reynolds Stone, better known as a wood engraver and letterer, cut the Queen's portrait used across the Series C issues; his work here was adapted from a photograph rather than a life sitting.
Replacement notes within this series carry the prefix M — unusually transparent documentation of substitution printing for a Bank of England issue of the period.