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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II George Stephenson, lighter
| Issuer | Bank of England |
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| Year | 1990-1993 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| 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 description | Intaglio portrait of railway engineer George Stephenson at right, rendered in blue-green tones with his facsimile signature and dates 1781–1848 below; at left, a detailed multicolour vignette of Stephenson's Rocket locomotive of 1829 is set against the arched stonework of the Skerne Bridge on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, with caption text beneath. The denomination FIVE Pounds appears in large lettering across the upper centre against a radiating guilloche background. |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of Queen Elizabeth II; embedded metallic security thread |
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