<Table> Bank of England notes since series D <Tr> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Value </Th> <Th> Size ( mm ) </Th> <Th> Reverse portrait </Th> <Th> Issued </Th> <Th> Withdrawn </Th> <Th> Time in circulation </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="7"> Series D </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 1 ) </Td> <Td> 10 / - </Td> <Td> 121 × 62 </Td> <Td> Sir Walter Raleigh by Unknown </Td> <Td colspan="3"> Never issued </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 50p </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 2 ) </Td> <Td> £ 1 </Td> <Td> 135 × 67 </Td> <Td> Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller </Td> <Td> 9 February 1978 </Td> <Td> 11 March 1988 </Td> <Td> 10 years , 1 month and 2 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 3 ) </Td> <Td> £ 5 </Td> <Td> 145 × 78 </Td> <Td> Duke of Wellington by Sir Thomas Lawrence </Td> <Td> 11 November 1971 </Td> <Td> 29 November 1991 </Td> <Td> 20 years , 2 weeks and 4 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 4 ) </Td> <Td> £ 10 </Td> <Td> 151 × 85 </Td> <Td> Florence Nightingale by Unknown </Td> <Td> 20 February 1975 </Td> <Td> 20 May 1994 </Td> <Td> 19 years and 3 months </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 5 ) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 160 × 90 </Td> <Td> William Shakespeare by William Kent & Peter Scheemakers </Td> <Td> 9 July 1970 </Td> <Td> 19 March 1993 </Td> <Td> 22 years , 8 months , 1 week and 3 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 6 ) </Td> <Td> £ 50 </Td> <Td> 169 × 95 </Td> <Td> Sir Christopher Wren by Sir Godfrey Kneller </Td> <Td> 20 March 1981 </Td> <Td> 20 September 1996 </Td> <Td> 16 years and 6 months </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="7"> Series E </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 7 ) </Td> <Td> £ 5 </Td> <Td> 135 × 70 </Td> <Td> George Stephenson by Charles Turner </Td> <Td> 7 June 1990 </Td> <Td> 21 November 2003 </Td> <Td> 13 years , 5 months , 1 week and 6 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 8 ) </Td> <Td> £ 10 </Td> <Td> 142 × 75 </Td> <Td> Charles Dickens by John Watkins </Td> <Td> 29 April 1992 </Td> <Td> 31 July 2003 </Td> <Td> 11 years , 3 months and 2 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 9 ) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 149 × 80 </Td> <Td> Michael Faraday by Henry Dixon </Td> <Td> 5 June 1991 </Td> <Td> 28 February 2001 </Td> <Td> 9 years , 8 months , 3 weeks and 2 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 10 ) </Td> <Td> £ 50 </Td> <Td> 156 × 85 </Td> <Td> Sir John Houblon by Robert Grave </Td> <Td> 20 April 1994 </Td> <Td> 30 April 2014 </Td> <Td> 20 years , 1 week and 3 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="7"> Series E ( Revision ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 11 ) </Td> <Td> £ 5 </Td> <Td> 135 × 70 </Td> <Td> Elizabeth Fry by Charles Robert Leslie </Td> <Td> 21 May 2002 </Td> <Td> 5 May 2017 </Td> <Td> 14 years , 11 months and 2 weeks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 12 ) </Td> <Td> £ 10 </Td> <Td> 142 × 75 </Td> <Td> Charles Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron </Td> <Td> 7 November 2000 </Td> <Td> 1 March 2018 </Td> <Td> 17 years , 3 months , 3 weeks and 1 day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 13 ) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 149 × 80 </Td> <Td> Sir Edward Elgar by Unknown </Td> <Td> 22 June 1999 </Td> <Td> 30 June 2010 </Td> <Td> 11 years , 1 week and 1 day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="7"> Series F </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 14 ) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 149 × 80 </Td> <Td> Adam Smith by James Tassie </Td> <Td> 13 March 2007 </Td> <Td> In use </Td> <Td> 11 years , 2 months , 2 weeks and 1 day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 15 ) </Td> <Td> £ 50 </Td> <Td> 156 × 85 </Td> <Td> Matthew Boulton & James Watt by William Ridley and Sir Thomas Lawrence </Td> <Td> 2 November 2011 </Td> <Td> In use </Td> <Td> 6 years , 6 months , 3 weeks and 5 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="7"> Series G </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 16 ) </Td> <Td> £ 5 </Td> <Td> 125 × 65 </Td> <Td> Sir Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh </Td> <Td> 13 September 2016 </Td> <Td> In use </Td> <Td> 1 year , 8 months , 2 weeks and 1 day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 17 ) </Td> <Td> £ 10 </Td> <Td> 132 × 69 </Td>
<Table> Bank of England notes since series D <Tr> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Value </Th> <Th> Size ( mm ) </Th> <Th> Reverse portrait </Th> <Th> Issued </Th> <Th> Withdrawn </Th> <Th> Time in circulation </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="7"> Series D </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 1 ) </Td> <Td> 10 / - </Td> <Td> 121 × 62 </Td> <Td> Sir Walter Raleigh by Unknown </Td> <Td colspan="3"> Never issued </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 50p </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 2 ) </Td> <Td> £ 1 </Td> <Td> 135 × 67 </Td> <Td> Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller </Td> <Td> 9 February 1978 </Td> <Td> 11 March 1988 </Td> <Td> 10 years , 1 month and 2 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 3 ) </Td> <Td> £ 5 </Td> <Td> 145 × 78 </Td> <Td> Duke of Wellington by Sir Thomas Lawrence </Td> <Td> 11 November 1971 </Td> <Td> 29 November 1991 </Td> <Td> 20 years , 2 weeks and 4 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 4 ) </Td> <Td> £ 10 </Td> <Td> 151 × 85 </Td> <Td> Florence Nightingale by Unknown </Td> <Td> 20 February 1975 </Td> <Td> 20 May 1994 </Td> <Td> 19 years and 3 months </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 5 ) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 160 × 90 </Td> <Td> William Shakespeare by William Kent & Peter Scheemakers </Td> <Td> 9 July 1970 </Td> <Td> 19 March 1993 </Td> <Td> 22 years , 8 months , 1 week and 3 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 6 ) </Td> <Td> £ 50 </Td> <Td> 169 × 95 </Td> <Td> Sir Christopher Wren by Sir Godfrey Kneller </Td> <Td> 20 March 1981 </Td> <Td> 20 September 1996 </Td> <Td> 16 years and 6 months </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="7"> Series E </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 7 ) </Td> <Td> £ 5 </Td> <Td> 135 × 70 </Td> <Td> George Stephenson by Charles Turner </Td> <Td> 7 June 1990 </Td> <Td> 21 November 2003 </Td> <Td> 13 years , 5 months , 1 week and 6 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 8 ) </Td> <Td> £ 10 </Td> <Td> 142 × 75 </Td> <Td> Charles Dickens by John Watkins </Td> <Td> 29 April 1992 </Td> <Td> 31 July 2003 </Td> <Td> 11 years , 3 months and 2 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 9 ) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 149 × 80 </Td> <Td> Michael Faraday by Henry Dixon </Td> <Td> 5 June 1991 </Td> <Td> 28 February 2001 </Td> <Td> 9 years , 8 months , 3 weeks and 2 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 10 ) </Td> <Td> £ 50 </Td> <Td> 156 × 85 </Td> <Td> Sir John Houblon by Robert Grave </Td> <Td> 20 April 1994 </Td> <Td> 30 April 2014 </Td> <Td> 20 years , 1 week and 3 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="7"> Series E ( Revision ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 11 ) </Td> <Td> £ 5 </Td> <Td> 135 × 70 </Td> <Td> Elizabeth Fry by Charles Robert Leslie </Td> <Td> 21 May 2002 </Td> <Td> 5 May 2017 </Td> <Td> 14 years , 11 months and 2 weeks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 12 ) </Td> <Td> £ 10 </Td> <Td> 142 × 75 </Td> <Td> Charles Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron </Td> <Td> 7 November 2000 </Td> <Td> 1 March 2018 </Td> <Td> 17 years , 3 months , 3 weeks and 1 day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 13 ) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 149 × 80 </Td> <Td> Sir Edward Elgar by Unknown </Td> <Td> 22 June 1999 </Td> <Td> 30 June 2010 </Td> <Td> 11 years , 1 week and 1 day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="7"> Series F </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 14 ) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 149 × 80 </Td> <Td> Adam Smith by James Tassie </Td> <Td> 13 March 2007 </Td> <Td> In use </Td> <Td> 11 years , 2 months , 2 weeks and 1 day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 15 ) </Td> <Td> £ 50 </Td> <Td> 156 × 85 </Td> <Td> Matthew Boulton & James Watt by William Ridley and Sir Thomas Lawrence </Td> <Td> 2 November 2011 </Td> <Td> In use </Td> <Td> 6 years , 6 months , 3 weeks and 5 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="7"> Series G </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 16 ) </Td> <Td> £ 5 </Td> <Td> 125 × 65 </Td> <Td> Sir Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh </Td> <Td> 13 September 2016 </Td> <Td> In use </Td> <Td> 1 year , 8 months , 2 weeks and 1 day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ( 17 ) </Td> <Td> £ 10 </Td> <Td> 132 × 69 </Td>
when did the old £ 50 note go out of circulation
when did the old £ 50 note go out of circulation
20 September 1996
20 September 1996