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pscot

(21,044 posts) Thu Sep 14, 2017, 10:30 AM Sep 2017

The new 10 note featuring novelist Jane Austen [View all]

The new £10 note featuring novelist Jane Austen has entered circulation - marking a return of a woman in addition to the Queen on Bank of England notes.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41255976

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The new 10 note featuring novelist Jane Austen [View all] pscot Sep 2017 OP

Yay! shenmue Sep 2017 #1

quite lovely!! niyad Sep 2017 #2

I wish we had colorful money. CrispyQ Sep 2017 #3

Me too! Duppers Sep 2017 #4

Better yet, American bills with a woman "of color" BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #5

Cool! hermetic Sep 2017 #6

Speaking of Canadian money ... Virtual Burlesque Sep 2017 #7