It’s finally happened: Jane Austen has replaced Charles Darwin on the £10 note – making her the only woman to feature on our currency at the moment (other than, y’know, Queen Elizabeth II).
The first Bank of England note to feature Queen Elizabeth's portrait came in 1960. This was followed by a ten shilling note in 1961.
De La Rue, the Bank of England’s currency printer ... and in 1914 it began printing 10-shilling notes for the UK government on the outbreak of the First World War.