British wildlife will replace historical figures on the next series of Bank of England banknotes - and the public will get their say on which animals and birds will appear.
Images of wildlife would be difficult to counterfeit, while also allowing for a celebration of nature across the country, the Bank said.
It spells the end for the, sometimes controversial, choice of historical characters which have appeared on £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes for more than 50 years.
8 Comments
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 174d
That's all well and good until some species goes bad and we have to cancel it.
deacon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 173d
It will be the jackdaw. We should just distance ourselves from that trouble.
rmuk@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 172d
People are all like "yeah, jackdaws are fine, they don't bother me, blah, blah" but they'll change their minds pretty quickly when they get a big sphinx of quartz.
Ardyssian@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 173d
Wait I'm confused - how is wildlife harder to replicate than historical figures?
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 173d
Public votes? So that'll be a Tit, a Cock, a Booby and a Chough then?
DiscoShrew@piefed.social · 1 pts · 173d
Love this. Wish we could do this in the U.S. someday.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 173d
I like to see the UK getting a little more Canadian.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 173d
We’re not putting fucking cobra chickens on the tenner, yeah.