英国央行称丘吉尔肖像将登新版英镑文献.docVIP

英国央行称丘吉尔肖像将登新版英镑 Sir Winston Churchill will feature on the new design of a banknote which will enter circulation in 2016, the Bank of England has announced. The wartime leaders image is planned to feature on the reverse of the new ￡5 note, together with one of his most celebrated quotations. Churchill was chosen owing to his place as a hero of the entire free world, said Bank governor Sir Mervyn King. The current face of the ￡5 note is social reformer Elizabeth Fry. Truly great leader A wide range of historical characters appears on the reverse of Bank of England banknotes, with Elizabeth Fry