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Changing bank note designs

TheCatWoman

This is something that seems to have caused a lot of hoo-ha, the design changes every 10 years, usually with someone different put on them, after a public consultation wildlife was the favourite to replace humans. I don't have a problem with this, but the political right do, with Farage saying replacing Churchill with a badger is a load of woke nonsense, I saw an interview with Churchills grand daughter who said the family were asked before his image was used and were told it would be for 10 years and they had no problem with it changing. Some people are getting het up about there being no women, so I'm guessing female wildlife dosen't count? lol.

I dont' know what they're going to put on each note, but I'd like to see an oak tree on one, not only are they historically significant, but one oak tree supports around 2,000 other species. I'd like to see red squirrels too and Scottish Wildcats.

What about you, what would you like to see and do you have any issues with the changes to bank notes? 

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  • Irish coins, pre-Euro, had animals on them on one side, the other had a harp. The 1 shilling (5p) had a bull and a florin (10p) a salmon. Early Irish paper money had a personification of the rivers of Ireland, in the form of a Greco-Roman river god taken from a sculpted keystone on an arch in Dublin. Rumour has it that the expression on the river god's face went from dour to laughing as the value of the note increased (from 10 shilling to £50).

    I have a 1951 Irish shilling, bull, coin I got a while ago in change, I think it is the same size as a modern UK 10p.

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  • Irish coins, pre-Euro, had animals on them on one side, the other had a harp. The 1 shilling (5p) had a bull and a florin (10p) a salmon. Early Irish paper money had a personification of the rivers of Ireland, in the form of a Greco-Roman river god taken from a sculpted keystone on an arch in Dublin. Rumour has it that the expression on the river god's face went from dour to laughing as the value of the note increased (from 10 shilling to £50).

    I have a 1951 Irish shilling, bull, coin I got a while ago in change, I think it is the same size as a modern UK 10p.

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  • in reply to Martin

    Yes, that's a proper little treasure - your 1951 Irish shilling with the bull on one side and the harp on the other. Spot on about the size: it's 23.6 mm across, basically identical to the current UK 10p (24.5 mm), so yeah, it'd feel right in your pocket even now.

    As for those river gods on the old notes... the rumour's fun, but it's mostly myth - the faces were based on Dublin's Custom House keystones, and yeah, the higher the note, the more "uplifted" they look. Like the 10-shilling one: stern, almost grumpy.

    While the big £50? Well, he's grinning like he's won the lotto - cheeky sod.