Chapter 86: I Am Put on a Tenner
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LONDON — The Bank of England unveiled a new, smaller 10-pound note with Charles Dickens replacing Florence Nightingale on the front.
The note, which is worth about $17, goes into circulation today.
It has the same brown-orange color combination of its predecessor but is about one-half inch smaller on all sides. The central bank said the new size would be easier to handle.
Dickens appears alongside a scene depicting cricket players as in his novel “The Pickwick Papers.” On the reverse side, the titles of Dickens’ novels--including “David Copperfield”--are woven into the design.
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