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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Duke of Wellington
Issuer | England
(United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown
Dependencies) |
Year | 1971-1991 |
Type | Standard banknote |
Value | 5 Pounds (5 GBP) |
Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
Composition | Paper |
Size | 145 × 77 mm |
Shape | Rectangular |
Printer | |
No. printed | |
Designer(s) | |
Engraver(s) | Harry Eccleston |
In circulation to | 29 November 1991 |
Reference(s) | P#378 |
Obverse description | Blue-black and blue on multicolour underprint. Portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II at right. |
Reverse description | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington at centre right, battle scene in Spain at left centre. |
Signature(s) | J. B. Page, D. H. F. Somerset, G. M. Gill, |
Protection type | Watermark |
Protection description | Head of the Duke of Wellington |
Obverse lettering | BANK OF ENGLAND
I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF
FIVE
POUNDS
LONDON
FOR THE GOVr. AND COMPa. OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND |
Reverse lettering | FIVE POUNDS
The Duke of Wellington
1769-1852 |
Variants | |
Catalog ID | 2367343970 |
Comments | |