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The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has unveiled the design of the new £20 note which features the artist JMW Turner. The new note will be launched on 20 February 2020 and will join the current £5 and £10 notes in being printed on polymer, a thin flexible plastic. The new plastic £20 note will also include a number of new security features including two windows and a two-colour foil, making it very difficult to counterfeit.

Once the new £20 note is launched, the process of withdrawing the current paper £20 notes from circulation will begin. The paper £20 notes will remain as legal tender until they are withdrawn. The exact date that the paper notes are to be withdrawn has not yet been announced but at least 6 months notice will be given in advance. It has already been confirmed that a new £50 note will be issued in 2021, featuring Alan Turing, completing the updating of all current Bank of England banknotes.

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