The faces of Britain's banknotes – in pictures

The new £20 note will feature artist JMW Turner, and will be available in 2020. Photograph: Bank of England/PA

The Bank of England’s design for a £10 note featuring Jane Austen, to be issued in 2017. Photograph: Bank of England

The new £5 note, due to be issued in September 2016, will feature the face of Winston Churchill. Photograph: Bank of England/PA

All of the new notes will be made of polymer. The front of banknotes have featured the Queen since 1963 (£5 and above). Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Matthew Boulton and James Watt shared the new £50 note, from November 2011. Photograph: Alamy

Sir John Houblon on the April 1994 £50 note, which was withdrawn on 30 April 2014. Photograph: Alamy

Sir Christopher Wren graced the £50 note from March 1981. Photograph: Bank of England

Adam Smith appears on the current £20 note, from March 2007. Photograph: Alamy

Sir Edward Elgar on the June 1999 £20 note. Photograph: Alamy

Michael Faraday on the June 1991 £20 note. Photograph: Bank of England

Charles Darwin on the November 2000 £10 note Photograph: Alamy

Charles Dickens on the April 1992 £10 note. Photograph: Bank of England

Florence Nightingale pictured on the 1975 £10 note. Photograph: Alamy

Elizabeth Fry on the current £5 note, which was first issued in May 2002 (to be replaced by Churchill). Photograph: Alamy

George Stephenson pictured on the June 1990 £5 note Photograph: Bank of England

The Duke of Wellington pictured on the November 1971 £5 note. Photograph: Alamy