Banknotes featuring a portrait of King Charles III entered circulation on Wednesday for the first time, the Bank of England said in a statement. Charles will be pictured on the front of the £5, £10, £20, and £50 banknotes, and will be seen through the notes’ see-through security window. Otherwise the notes will remain unchanged in their design. As well as monarchs, banknotes in the U.K. feature historical characters including Winston Churchill, Jane Austen, JMW Turner and Alan Turing. Images of the notes depicting Charles were first released in December 2022 after Queen Elizabeth II passed away in September of the ... (full story)