For the past fifteen years, all of us who live in Britain have looked at this woman many thousands of times. But within the next few months, she will disappear from public view as paper notes are replaced with plastic ones. Who is she?
Source: The History Girls: Your Last Paper Five Pound Note by Janie Hampton
Hooray! I knew it was Elizabeth Fry. That felt like a pub quiz question. Not that I ever do pub quizzes.
I quite like the new ‘plastic’ money myself. I can actually remember £5 notes big enough to fold into four…
Best wishes, Pete.
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