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\u201cA range of new and enhanced security features have been incorporated into the design of the Boulton and Watt \u00a350 banknote. Full details of these will be revealed when the new banknote is introduced into circulation, accompanied by a publicity and education campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Boulton and Watt \u00a350 banknote marks the first time two portraits have appeared together on the back of a Bank of England banknote. It will also be the first banknote in circulation to be signed by Chris Salmon, who was appointed as the Bank\u2019s Executive Director, Banking Services and Chief Cashier in April 2011.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs new-design banknotes are introduced so the notes they replace are withdrawn \u2013 although they can always be exchanged with the Bank of England for their face value. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Boulton and Watt \u00a350 banknote will initially circulate in tandem with the current \u00a350 banknote featuring Sir John Houblon, the first Governor of the Bank of England, which was introduced in 1994. The Bank will make an announcement regarding the withdrawal date of the Houblon \u00a350 banknote in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n
Additional information and images are requested<\/a> so that this report can be confirmed.<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to a press release dated 30 September 2011, \u201cthe Bank of England will introduce a new-style \u00a350 banknote into circulation on 2 November 2011. The note will feature the renowned 18th century business partnership of entrepreneur Matthew Boulton and engineer James Watt. \u201cA range of new and enhanced securityRead More\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[145],"class_list":["entry","author-owen-linzmayer","post-13009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-europe","tag-england"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13010,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13009\/revisions\/13010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}