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Date Withdrawn: 1 March 1946 Peppiatt 1934 - 1944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 D: PICTORIAL 1970 - 1994
Designer: Harry N. Eccleston OBE
Main Colours: Purple
Dimensions: 160 x 90mm Fforde 9 July 1970
Sheet Size: 15 (3 x 5)
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses Page 1970
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd
Printer: BoE Works, Debden Somerset 20 March 1981
Watermark: H.M. The Queen
Security Thread: Embedded metal thread
Date Withdrawn: 19 March 1993 Queen Elizabeth II and George and the Dragon William Shakespeare with scene from Romeo and Juliet
Designer: Harry N. Eccleston OBE
Main Colours: Purple
Dimensions: 160 x 90mm
Sheet Size: 20 (4 x 5) Somerset 15 November 1984
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd Gill 1 March 1988
Printer: BoE Works, Debden
Watermark: Shakespeare's head
Security Thread: 1mm Windowed obverse
Date Withdrawn: 19 March 1993 Queen Elizabeth II and George and the Dragon William Shakespeare with scene from Romeo and Juliet
Series E: FIRST HISTORICAL 1990 - 1999
Designer: Roger Withington
Main Colours: Purple and Black
Dimensions: 149 x 80mm
Sheet Size: 35 (5 x 7) Gill 5 June 1991
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd Kentfield 25 November 1991
Printer: BoE Works, Debden
Watermark: H.M. The Queen
Security Thread: Windowed metal obverse
Date Withdrawn: 28 February 2001 Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia, Crown top R Michael Faraday with him giving a lecture
Designer: Roger Withington
Main Colours: Purple and Black
Dimensions: 149 x 80mm
Sheet Size: 35 (5 x 7) (<AL- -) Kentfield 27 September 1993
Sheet Size: 40 (5 x 8) (BA- - >)
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses Lowther 1 January 1999
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd
Printer: BoE Works, Debden
Watermark: H.M. The Queen
Security Thread: Windowed metal obverse Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia, £20 top R Michael Faraday with him giving a lecture
Date Withdrawn: 28 February 2001
Series E: SECOND HISTORICAL 1999 - 2017
Designer: Roger Withington
Main Colours: Purple and Black
Dimensions: 149 x 80mm
Sheet Size: (E on) 40 (5 x 8) Lowther 22 June 1999
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd Bailey 15 March 2004
Printer: BoE Works, Debden
Watermark: H.M. The Queen
Security Thread: Windowed metal reverse
Date Withdrawn: 30 June 2010 Queen Elizabeth II Sir Edward Elgar and Worcester Cathedral
Foil Hologram of 20 and Britannia
Series F: THIRD HISTORICAL 2007 - 2022
Designer: Roger Withington
Main Colours: Purple
Dimensions: 150 x 80mm Bailey 13 March 2007
Sheet Size: 40 (5 x 8)
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses Salmon 12 September 2012
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd
Printer: De La Rue, Debden Cleland 3 March 2015
Watermark: H.M. The Queen
Security Thread: Windowed reverse
Date Withdrawn: 30 September 2022 Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia Adam Smith and pin manufacturing scene
Foil Hologram strip of 20 and Adam Smith
Series G: FOURTH HISTORICAL POLYMER 2016 - TO DATE
John 20 February 2020
Designer: Innovia, De La Rue
Main Colours: Purple
Dimensions: 139 x 73mm
Sheet Size: 45 (5 x 9) Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia Self portrait of J M W Turner &
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses 'The Fighting Temeraire' painting
Polymer Supplier: Innovia of Wigton, Cumbria
Printer: De La Rue
Date Withdrawn: Current
John 05 June 2024
King Charles III and Britannia Self portrait of J M W Turner &
'The Fighting Temeraire' painting