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Banknotes
- £5 note
- Think science and celebrate Alan Turing
- Advice for law enforcement
- Banknote Checking Scheme
- Counterfeit banknotes
- Current banknotes
- Damaged and contaminated banknotes
- Exchanging old banknotes
- Help us design our next series of banknotes
- King Charles III banknotes
- Note Circulation Scheme
- £10 note
- £20 note
- £50 note
- Advice for retailers and businesses
- Scottish and Northern Ireland banknotes
- UK Notes and Coins
- Using images of banknotes
- Wholesale cash supervision
- Withdrawn banknotes
Documents
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banknotes
- Visual artist shortlist to appear on the next £20 note (pdf 0.2MB)
- 20 note press pack (zip 98.3MB)
- £50 character selection (pdf 0.1MB)
- 50 pound note character selection names (pdf 0.1MB)
- 50 note issue day press pack (zip 116.1MB)
- 50 note press pack (zip 77.5MB)
- _test_notes
- Banknote character advisory committee terms of reference (pdf 0.1MB)
- app
- Visual artists nominated by the public to appear on the next £20 note (pdf 0.1MB)
- List of machine manufacturers which have been offered access to test banknotes (pdf 0.3MB)
- Banknote exchange form (pdf 1MB)
- Banknote exchange form for damaged notes (pdf 0.2MB)
- Machines that pass the automatic banknote handling tests (xlsx 0.1MB)
- Banknotes consultation paper - July 2025 (pdf 0.3MB)
- Banknote exchange form for businesses (pdf 0.4MB)
- Banknote character advisory committee minutes (pdf 0.3MB)
- Banknote character advisory committee minutes - 50 note (pdf 0.2MB)
- Business form - larger font - accessible version (pdf 0.2MB)
- Business form - one-page print version (pdf 0.1MB)
- Individual form - larger font - accessible version (pdf 0.2MB)
- Individual form - one-page print version (pdf 0.2MB)
- Counterfeit notes discovered (xlsx 0.1MB)
- Notional face value of counterfeit notes discovered (xlsx 0.1MB)
- Counterfeit banknote reporting form (pdf 0.3MB)
- Draw your banknotes - B/W version (pdf 0.9MB)
- Draw your banknotes (pdf 5.5MB)
- Draw your banknote - welsh version (pdf 1.8MB)
- Framework for the Testing of Automatic Banknote Handling Machines (pdf 0.4MB)
- HMK cash exchange form - May 2024 (pdf 4.1MB)
- How to check your banknotes A3 poster (Welsh) (pdf 2.2MB)
- Note exchange complaint form (docx 0.1MB)
- paper
- Paper £10 withdrawal poster (pdf 0.8MB)
- Paper £10 withdrawal poster - Welsh (pdf 0.8MB)
- polymer
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scottish-northern-ireland
- Scottish and Northern Ireland Banknote Issuance Annual Report 2020 (pdf 0.7MB)
- Scottish and Northern Ireland Banknote Issuance Annual Report 2021 (pdf 0.8MB)
- Scottish and Northern Ireland Banknote Issuance Annual Report 2022 (pdf 0.7MB)
- Scottish and Northern Ireland Banknote Issuance Annual Report 2023 (pdf 0.3MB)
- The Scottish and Northern Ireland Banknote Rules (pdf 0.5MB)
- The Bank of England's approach to regulating Scottish and Northern Ireland commercial banknotes (pdf 0.3MB)
- Statement of note Issuance considerations (pdf 0.2MB)
- The Scottish and Northern Ireland Banknote Statement of Penalty Policy (pdf 0.2MB)
- The Scottish and Northern Ireland Banknote Statement of Penalty Policy (pdf 0.1MB)
- Scottish and Northern Ireland Banknote Issuance Annual Report 2024 (pdf 0.2MB)
- How to check your banknotes A5 booklet (pdf 6.3MB)
- How to check your banknotes A3 poster (pdf 2.2MB)
- Take a closer look - Paper banknotes (£20 and £50) (pdf 3.7MB)
- The New Ten (pdf 1.2MB)
- The New Ten - A4 (pdf 0.4MB)
- The New Ten - Cymraeg (pdf 1.2MB)
- The new £20 note A4 poster (pdf 1MB)
- The new £20 note A4 poster (Welsh) (pdf 1MB)
- The new £20 note A5 leaflet (pdf 0.6MB)
- Y Papur £20 Newydd (pdf 0.6MB)
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wcdmo
- Codes of Practice: Wholesale Cash Distribution - March 2025 (pdf 0.3MB)
- Guidance to Codes of Practice: Wholesale Cash Distribution - March 2025 (pdf 0.4MB)
- Reporting Form: Wholesale Cash Distribution Market Oversight - March 2025 (xlsx 0.2MB)
- Reporting Form - XSD File: WCDMO - March 2025 (zip 0.1MB)
- Wholesale Distribution Steering Group (WDSG) – Terms of Reference (pdf 0.5MB)
This page was last updated 17 February 2023