Almost one and a half centuries separate these two examples of
British currency in the news this week. Above, the 2004 pounds 5
commemorative coin, newly minted and on sale at most banks and post
offices in the country as a souvenir of a special historical occasion to
commemorate 100 years of the Entente Cordiale between Britain and
France. Below is a Bank of England pounds 200 note issued 1858, and of
extreme rarity. The only printed note of this value to come to auction
in recent times, it was sold for pounds 4,113 at Bonhams' New Bond
Street despite its tattered appearance.
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