5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Sir Winston Churchill, polymer

€201,624.00
IssuerEngland (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Year2015
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Pounds
CurrencyPound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date)
CompositionPolymer
Size125 × 65 mm
ShapeRectangular
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Reference(s) P#394
Obverse descriptionBlue-turquoise. Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, Bank of England in centre, image of Elizabeth Tower (housing Big Ben) over transparent window at left.
Reverse descriptionA portrait of Sir Winston Churchill at centre, at left a view of Westminster, home of the UK government, and the Elizabeth Tower (housing Big Ben) from London’s South Bank, looking across Westminster Bridge. Part of motto on the Nobel Prize in literature `Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes` with meaning `It is beneficial to have improved (human) life through discovered arts` depicts on medal above the building.
Signature(s)V. Cleland (VC), Chief Cashier
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionCrowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II over clear window
Obverse lettering£ 5 Bank of England I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF FIVE POUNDS 5 £ 5 BANK OF ENGLAND LONDON FOR THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND Victoria Cleland CHIEF CASHIER FIVE £ 5 BANK OF ENGLAND £ 5 BANK OF ENGLAND FIVEPOUNDS 5 5POUNDS Five Pounds FIVE BANK OF ENGLAND Five Pounds © THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 2015 £ 5
Reverse lettering5 Bank of England £ 5 1953 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE AWARDED TO SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL TAS·VITAM·IUVAT· EXCOLLUISE PER BOE Winston. Churchill Five Pounds I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat Sir Winston Churchill 1874-1965 © THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 2015
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Catalog ID3781052840
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