A nice tribute before the UK moves to the Euro.
New Alan Turing £50 note design is revealed
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#32It’s really cool that UK puts scientists to its own money. Most countries will go with politicians, buildings and warlords. I have to say that it saddens me to see Darwin go. Considering that the evolution theory is still considered controversial in many places(even in advanced countries like the US) I think it was a very bold move to have him on the note.
> cool that UK puts scientists to its own money
If you want an engraved portrait of Gauss, Cliff Stoll will sell you a nice one: https://www.kleinbottle.com/gauss.htm
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#33It’s really cool that UK puts scientists to its own money. Most countries will go with politicians, buildings and warlords. I have to say that it saddens me to see Darwin go. Considering that the evolution theory is still considered controversial in many places(even in advanced countries like the US) I think it was a very bold move to have him on the note.
I think the situation is different in the UK. I've never come across a person who disbelieves evolution. It would be equivalent to a flat-earther or person who genuinely thinks political figures are lizard folk.
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#34I haven't used or seen a £50 note for more than 15 years. In a cashless society who is still using these?
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
£20 in 2020 was £10 in 1994 - 26 years ago. £20 in 1994 was £10 in 1981 - 13 years before. £20 in 1981 was £10 in 1975 Before that 1969 and 1950 So that’s doubling in 19,6,6,13,26 So inflation is at long time record lows despite the last period including the 08 crash and covid
Excluding housing and university fees, because that’s magic money
I thought we chopped down all the magic money trees?
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#36A man worthy of the gesture, though I can't remember the last time I even touched money. Most bills are paid online/direct debit and I tend to use self-service at supermarkets.
I remember seeing George Galloway on a morning TV show passionately saying why Margaret Thatcher shouldn't be on any notes. At the end of the interview he was asked who was on the £5, £10, £20 notes. He had no clue. I'm sure most of us in the UK don't either.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sadly they will become acceptable most places soon - inflation will take care of that. I remember bars refusing to take twenty's as the night wore on. Now you can barely get a round out of a twenty.
£20 in 2020 was £10 in 1994 - 26 years ago. £20 in 1994 was £10 in 1981 - 13 years before. £20 in 1981 was £10 in 1975 Before that 1969 and 1950 So that’s doubling in 19,6,6,13,26 So inflation is at long time record lows despite the last period including the 08 crash and covid
I am not sure about this. I know there is a lot of controversy over inflation measures (mostly the basket of goods used, impact of tech in holding down the basket)
I take a unscientific approach in that I had a bar menu from 1971 (my birth year) showing the prices in old and new money. A pint of Skol was 5 new pennies in 1971, and today you can find an equivalent pint of lager at about 5 pounds.
So that's 100 fold increase in my lifetime.
A lot of that came out of the 70's and early 80s but current inflation does, anecdotally, seem higher than 1-2% a year.
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#38Finally, a better way to recognise him - instead of Benedict Cumberbatch's criminally inaccurate 2014 portrayal - or that renamed road on the MS campus - or the great British tradition of a park bench...
I very much doubt Turing would have appreciated his name and image being used for propaganda purposes by a government that is scarcely different to the one that murdered him.
Wow. Two absurd hyperboles (what is the plural hyperbole?) in one sentence.
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#39Cool design + polymer, but they should probably just abolish the £50 already. Very few places accept them. Never mind the £100 notes you can get in some parts of the UK. I would say they should encourage better acceptance of these denominations, but cash seems to be dying in general. I look to Switzerland with envy, where as far as I can tell you can stroll into the supermarket and drop a 1000-franc note without issu…
Many places in London accept them (tourists often bring them, and higher prices make them more useful). With a new, secure design, I expect many more places will start.
Giving tourists very high value notes to spend is a brilliant trick.
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#40Polymer bank notes are considered better for the environment because of durability and under the guise of recycling, but now that we know about the catastrophe of microplastics, are they really? The volume is massive: with the most used notes lasting 3-5 years it won't be long until you have a billion plastic notes in circulation.
Usually though we like to keep money, rather than release it into the ocean.