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Date Withdrawn: 1 March 1946 Peppiatt 1934 - 1944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: Brown
Dimensions: 169 x 95mm Somerset 20 March 1981
Sheet Size: 15 (3 x 5)
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses Gill 21 July 1988
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd
Printer: BoE Works, Debden Kentfield 25 November 1991
Watermark: H.M. The Queen
Security Thread: Embedded metal thread
Date Withdrawn: 20 September 1996 Queen Elizabeth II, Pheonix and Britannia Sir Christopher Wren & St. Pauls Cathedral
Series E: FIRST HISTORICAL 1990 - 1999
Designer: Roger Withington
Main Colours: Red
Dimensions: 156 x 85mm Kentfield 20 April 1994
Sheet Size: 28 (4 x 7) (A - D)
Sheet Size: 35 (5 x 7) (E- - >) Lowther 1 January 1999
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd Bailey August 2006
Printer: BoE Works, Debden
Watermark: H.M. The Queen
Security Thread: Windowed metal obverse Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia Sir John Houblon and his house
Date Withdrawn: 30 April 2014
Series F: THIRD HISTORICAL 2007 - 2022
Designer: De La Rue
Main Colours: Red
Dimensions: 156 x 85mm
Sheet Size: 35 (5 x 7) Salmon 2 November 2011
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses
Paper Supplier: Portals Ltd Cleland 3 March 2015
Printer: De La Rue, Debden
Watermark: H.M. The Queen
Security Thread: Windowed metal obverse
Date Withdrawn: 30 September 2022 Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia Matthew Boulton & James Watt
Series G: FOURTH HISTORICAL POLYMER 2016 - TO DATE
John 23 June 2021
Designer: Innovia, De La Rue
Main Colours: Red
Dimensions: 146 x 77mm
Sheet Size: 35 (5 x 7) Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia Alan Turing with mathematical table
Printing Technique: Sheet-fed Presses
Polymer Supplier: Innovia of Wigton, Cumbria
Printer: De La Rue
Date Withdrawn: Current
John 05 June 2024
King Charles III and Britannia Alan Turing with mathematical table