The new £50 note character reveal at the Science + Industry Museum - Think Science! @bankofenglanduk
The new £50 note character reveal at the Science + Industry Museum - Think Science! @bankofenglanduk
Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
On 15 July 2019 we held an event at the Science and Industry Museum where Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank, revealed that the scientist Alan Turning will be the face of the new £50 note. Turning’s work on early computers, code-breaking achievements and visionary ideas about machine intelligence made him one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century.

We expect this note to enter circulation by the end of 2021.

Find out more about how banknote characters are chosen here: bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/banknote-characters
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