Chief Cashier Date Issued Obverse Reverse
Black and White
Main Colours: Black Nairne 1902 - 1916
Dimensions: 214 x 135mm
Sheet Size: 2 (1 x 2) Harvey 1918 - 1925
Printing Technique: Plate Printed
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd Mahon 1925 - 1928
Printer: St. Luke's Works, London
Watermark: Unitary Catterns 1929 - 1934
Security Thread: none
Date Withdrawn: 1 March 1946 Peppiatt 1934 - 1944
Black and White Traditional Plain
Series C: PORTRAIT 1960 - 1979
Designer: Reynolds Stone CBE, RDI
Main Colours: Brown
Dimensions: 150 x 93mm Hollom 21 February 1964
Sheet Size: 15 (3 x 5)
Printing Technique: Plate Printed Fforde 9 January 1967
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd
Printer: BoE Works, Debden Page 1971
Watermark: H.M. The Queen
Security Thread: Embedded metal strip
Date Withdrawn: 31 May 1979
Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia seated Lion holding a double sided key in its paw
Series D: PICTORIAL 1970 - 1994
Designer: Harry N. Eccleston OBE
Main Colours: Brown
Dimensions: 151 x 85mm
Sheet Size: 20 (4 x 5) Page 20 February 1975
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd Somerset December 1980
Printer: BoE Works, Debden
Watermark: Head of Nightingale
Security Thread: Embedded metal strip
Date Withdrawn: 20 May 1994 Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia Florence Nightingale at work in the Barracks Hospital
Designer: Harry N. Eccleston OBE
Main Colours: Brown
Dimensions: 151 x 85mm
Sheet Size: 15 (3 x 5)
Printing Technique: Web Presses Somerset 20 February 1984
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd
Printer: BoE Works, Debden
Watermark: Head of Nightingale
Security Thread: Embedded metal strip
Date Withdrawn: 20 May 1994 Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia Florence Nightingale at work in the Barracks Hospital
Designer: Harry N. Eccleston OBE
Dimensions: 151 x 85mm
Sheet Size: 15 (3 x 5) Somerset 16 July 1987
Printing Technique: Web Presses
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd Gill 1 March 1988
Printer: BoE Works, Debden
Watermark: Head of Nightingale Kentfield 25 November 1991
Security Thread: 1mm Windowed obverse
Date Withdrawn: 20 May 1994
Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia Florence Nightingale at work in the Barracks Hospital
Series E: FIRST HISTORICAL 1990 - 1999
Designer: Roger Withington
Main Colours: Orange-Brown
Dimensions: 142 x 75mm
Sheet Size: 40 (5 x 8)
Printing Technique: Web Presses Kentfield 29 April 1992
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd
Printer: BoE Works, Debden
Watermark: H.M. The Queen
Security Thread: Windowed metal obverse
Date Withdrawn: 31 July 2003 Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia, Crown top R Charles Dickens beside a scene from the cricket match at Dingley Dell
Designer: Roger Withington
Main Colours: Orange-Brown
Dimensions: 142 x 75mm
Sheet Size: (BA on) 40 (5 x 8) Kentfield 22 November 1993
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd Lowther 1 January 1999
Printer: BoE Works, Debden
Watermark: H.M. The Queen
Security Thread: Windowed metal obverse
Date Withdrawn: 31 July 2003 Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia, £10 top R Charles Dickens beside a scene from the cricket match at Dingley Dell
Series E: SECOND HISTORICAL 1999 - 2017
THE GOVERNOR AND THE COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND
Lowther 7 November 2000
Designer: Roger Withington
Main Colours: Orange-Brown
Dimensions: 142 x 75mm
Sheet Size: (E on) 40 (5 x 8)
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses Queen Elizabeth II Charles Darwin with vignettes relating to his life and work
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd Foil Hologram of 10 and Britannia
Printer: BoE Works, Debden
Watermark: H.M. The Queen
Security Thread: Windowed metal reverse Lowther 7 November 2000
Date Withdrawn: 1 March 2018
Bailey 15 March 2004
THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND Salmon 12 September 2012
Cleland 3 March 2015
Queen Elizabeth II Charles Darwin with vignettes relating to his life and work
Foil Hologram of 10 and Britannia
Series G: FOURTH HISTORICAL POLYMER 2016 - TO DATE
Cleland 14 September 2017
John April 2020
Designer: Innovia, De La Rue
Main Colours: Orange-Brown
Dimensions: 132 x 69mm
Sheet Size: 54 (6 x 9)
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia Jane Austin, painting and Godmersham Park
Polymer Supplier: Innovia of Wigton, Cumbria
Printer: De La Rue
Date Withdrawn: Current
John 05 June 2024
King Charles III and Britannia Jane Austin, painting and Godmersham Park