Dark brown and deep blue-green on multicolor underprint. Portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II at right, crown at upper right. Seated figure of Britannia at left.
Reverse description
George Stephenson at right. Rocket locomotive at left.
Signature(s)
G. E. A. Kentfield, M. Lowther,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
HM Queen Elizabeth II
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
BANK of ENGLAND
FIVE Pounds
Stephenson`s Rocket Locamotive 1829
Skerne Bridge on Stockton Darlington Railway 1825
George Stephenson 1781-1848
