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Artist JMW Turner to appear on Bank of England’s new note

Hamilton Nwosa
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Artist JMW Turner and his painting The Fighting Temeraire will feature on the new design of the Bank of England’s £20 note to enter circulation in 2020, BBC reports.
The English Romantic artist was chosen from a list of public nominations – the first time the Bank has asked who should appear on a specific banknote.
The note, to be made of polymer, will eventually replace the current £20 note featuring the economist Adam Smith.
The choice means all but one Bank of England banknote character will be men.
Of the five characters on banknotes by 2020, other than the Queen only Jane Austen – appearing on the £10 note from 2017 – is a woman.
The men who will feature by 2020 are Sir Winston Churchill on the £5 note who will replace campaigner Elizabeth Fry from September, Turner on the £20 note, and Matthew Boulton and James Watt remain on the £50 note.
Selection process.

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