Catalog
50 Pounds
| Issuer | Bank of England |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Bank of England I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF FIFTY POUNDS Fifty Pounds £50 LONDON FOR THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND |
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| Reverse lettering | Bank of England £50 50 Fifty Pounds This is only a foretaste of what is to come and only the shadow of what is going to be Alan Turing 1954 THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 2023 |
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The polymer £50 entered circulation on 23 June 2021 — the same date as the £10 and £20 polymer notes before it, the Bank aligned the rollout with the centenary of Alan Turing's birth. Turing was selected following a public nomination process launched in 2018, the first time the Bank had run an open public poll for a banknote figure. The choice carried obvious weight given Turing's treatment by the British state in the 1950s, and the Bank made no effort to sidestep that history in its announcement.
De La Rue has printed Bank of England notes under contract for decades, though the polymer substrate itself originates from Innovia's Guardians technology platform — now owned by CCL Industries.