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Wildlife to replace historical figures on banknotes (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 week ago by GreyShuck@feddit.uk to c/nature@feddit.uk

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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.

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[–] Ardyssian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Wait I'm confused - how is wildlife harder to replicate than historical figures?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I like to see the UK getting a little more Canadian.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 6 days ago

We’re not putting fucking cobra chickens on the tenner, yeah.

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's all well and good until some species goes bad and we have to cancel it.

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It will be the jackdaw. We should just distance ourselves from that trouble.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 6 days ago

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.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

"The public will get their say"

Public votes? So that'll be a Tit, a Cock, a Booby and a Chough then?

[–] DiscoShrew@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Love this. Wish we could do this in the U.S. someday.