It’s been in the air for a few weeks now, but yesterday the Bank of England confirmed it: Beginning in 2017 it will issue 10-pound notes featuring the image of Jane Austen. This is—as almost everybody ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Wednesday it would keep using trace amounts of animal fat to make new plastic banknotes, as it would cost about 80 million pounds ($99 million) to switch ...