new £20 note.

[summer]

http://www.askcab.co.uk/upimages/mtwentyim1merged-20a.jpg

^^ old

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/graphics/2007/03/13/bank.jpg

^^ new



The newly-designed £20 note featuring the Scottish 18th century economist Adam Smith hits the streets today. The new image will be the first time a Scot has appeared on a Bank of England note.



An image of Mr Smith already appears on some Scottish £50 notes. Mr Smith is considered one of the fathers of modern economics and his most renowned book, The Wealth of Nations, is widely cited by supporters of free markets.
The existing £20 note, which has an image of the English composer Edward Elgar, will be gradually withdrawn from circulation over the next two years. The new £20 note has a brighter purple colour to make it more recognisable although it will be the same size as the existing notes.

[velocity]

omg, i miss the old one ;[

[Posh]

i dnt like it

[lick me]

its rank ;s

[English]

"Her face is always on it:@"

[OMGitsaROSS]

Oh how posh!

[lick me]

lol it says specimen on it

[uh huh her]

they look like the northern irish notes.

[lick me]

the other oens look more modern

i thought we was gunna change to euro soon anyway

[lSander]

lol, we'll get euros, woosh, they suck(euros)

[velocity]

the other oens look more modern

i thought we was gunna change to euro soon anyway
if we do, i'd hate it so much.

[Sammeth.]

I like the new ones :D I hope they re-design the £5, £10 and £50 notes to match it. They are lush ;D

[lick me]

if we do, i'd hate it so much.
i dunno i think itd be cool

[English]

It'd be easier when travelling abroad in Europe...

[ZL2.]

That blows tbh.

[Kieeran]

dont like it

[velocity]

yea, but if you changed to euro, prices may change a bit.

[dirrty]

i dont care tbh

[lick me]

yea, but if you changed to euro, prices may change a bit.
i guess

i'm just the person who likes a lot of change ^^

[clarissa !!]

its alright.

[edible]

It'd be easier when travelling abroad in Europe...
agreed.

[Seacat]

I doubt we'll get the Euro in the next 10 years. Gordon Brown, who is likely to be the next Prime Minister, strongly opposes it.

[hobo]

scotland has better ones :}

[lSander]

Estonian euros, they're as ugly as an euro can be, I can't find a picture of em atm :(

[Posh]

scotland has better ones :}
i lol'd

[Redmoon Evil]

The new ones look worse than the euro

[lSander]

The new ones look worse than the euro

every country has different desighns on front ?
or wasn't it.
I'm well idiot at these things, I use cards most of the time :D

[lick me]

euro ftw!!!

[Axel]

omg i need to spend my millions on £20 notes quick now

[FlyingJesus]

The Queen is actually well fit.

[brandon]

i am neva usin a 20 pound note agen!

[Mentor]

Dear god, the conspircys were true, the goverment really is that dumb.

Anyone notice the similarys with the Euro notes? the goverments planning to ween the british population on to the euro by makeing the currencys almost identical, since there to far up there own ***** to notice people dont dislike the euro becuse of some pompus nationalistic stance, but becuse. A, its much stronger than the euro, 2. it allows more echomic freedom, and optermises are market. 3. we can trade and compete in the global market more effctivly with it, we cant with the euro (85% of are tradeing is OUTSIDE eurpe)

Id rather keep the pound, and also give a big **** of to a goverment that thinks its voteing population is stupid enough to be convinced to use a currencey just becuse its looks like the one we will eventaly have.

The old notes look much better also imo. Boo.

[beth]

i am so cheap i will not see one til 2019.

[mat64]

Looks terrible. The pound will always be a currency I wish to use, Never the Euro. Friend of mine lives in Germany, They said when they changed to the Euro from Deutsche mark retailers didn't convert their prices over therefore the prices on alot of things ended up rising. Perhaps the UK will fall to a similar fate if and when we make the switch.

[summer]

the euro would make european holidays easier, but i just don't like the idea of it. keep the pound imo.

[beth]

the euro would completely mess up my head & i'd be like oh noes ):

[Dan2nd]

It'd be easier when travelling abroad in Europe...

it'll be one step closer to europe mergeing and becoming(sp?) the USE (United States of Europe) to be honest I think it sucks

[mat64]

the euro would completely mess up my head & i'd be like oh noes ):

Do you think before you click the reply button, Seriously your posts don't say much for yourself.


it'll be one step closer to europe mergeing and becoming(sp?) the USE (United States of Europe) to be honest I think it sucks

Never heard of the idea of "USE", but doesn't to me like it would happen atleast not in my lifetime.

[Dan2nd]

Never heard of the idea of "USE", but doesn't to me like it would happen atleast not in my lifetime.

Trust me in the next ten years ;)

[YoManGo!]

i am so cheap i will not see one til 2019.

haha innit.

[mat64]

Trust me in the next ten years ;)

We shall see :).

[Azul]

who cares what it looks like? at the end of the day it's still 20 quid.

[Shawnstra]

I prefer the old one tbh

[-Soph-]

I prefer the old ones, they look like euros.

[splatttt]

Looks alrright
but like the old one!

[Sly]

Oh i do not like it tbh

[Cascada]

ew its scrubbery.

[stratosphere]

It kinda looks alright

[---MAD---]

Old ones where much better although they still seem to put peoples face on. Why not just put landmarks.. pfft.

Anyway, its still a 20 :).

[Papershop]

WHos idea was it to put a scottish man on and english bank note?
and it looks daft, old 1 is betteeerr

[Bear-Max]

I like it :D

It freaked me out when the cash machine threw one out at me, but I like it.

[Ashhizzle]

wkd, am gunna frame my old £20 note :s

[benjamin]

new note is crap tbh

[:Hazel]

Yeh i got new ones out of bank the other day & someone at bowling ally goes are they real? :s i was like yes... :rolleyes:

[Disturb]

Why do they have to hav that ugly face on there? Anyways, its alright.

Will this be used in England, not just Scotland?

[benjirofl]

Oh my gosh that is sick

[Sammeth.]

Why do they have to hav that ugly face on there? Anyways, its alright.

Will this be used in England, not just Scotland?

It was never just Scotland anyway :s All the UK will be using it.

[benjirofl]

they said they're doing £2 note, right?