The New £10 Note

[sp1814]

I’ve just got one...and am thinking, surely it would’ve been time to get a new portrait of the queen?

The one on the new £5 and £10 are her from when she was in her 40s.

What do you think?

[douglas9401]

The notes could be art in the community, adding random wrinkles to the royal fizzog as it passes from hand to hand.

[albaqwerty]

Doug, nice idea but I think the new notes are supposed to be crinkle free so that won't to add wrinkles to her majesty's fizzog.

Just had a look at my lonely fiver, on the back is Forth Road Bridge and on front is a picture of elderly gentleman with impressive sideburns.

[Dodger666]

Anyone who doesn't like them can send them all to me.

[anneasquith]

A new portrait of the queen? Will it increase the value of the note ?

[Mamyalynne]

It would create unnecessary expense I feel.

[chelle7272]

If it were my picture I think I may prefer it to be of me when I was a bit younger :)

[ichkeria]

The picture of Jane Austen is also quite flattering.
She must just be a pile of dust by now ...

[zebo]

Would they not have saved a lot of money by waiting for the inevitable demise of HM and have Charles on there, if he's still around then?

[dannyk13]

That's a bit morbid zebo.

[zebo]

Not really, simply acknowledging the inevitable, I will be very sorry and sad when it happens but happen it will.

[albaqwerty]

As zebo says, it will be inevitable, but the thought of Charlie's fizzog on stamps and money is worse surely?

[Stan-Marsh]

A great marketing opportunity was missed. If they had shown this haggard old woman as she really is, then people would spend their money a lot quicker.

[Jackdaw33]

Good job she can no longer say, "Off with his head".

[Ken4155]

She would never say "Off with his head" Jackdaw. She would have said, "Orf with his head" :-)

[Bazile]

Or she would have said -

May one borrow your axe Mr Cromwell ?

[anneasquith]

Or, she would have a flunkey to say it for her .

[hereIam]

'haggard old woman'. You rude pig ....

[Old_Geezer]

I don't think it much matters. As long as the shops accept it as being worth £10.

[Gromit]

It notes are printed on wrinkle-free plastic.
So it would be a bit daft to have a crinkley haggard face printed on it. Better to have a photoshopped Queen on it, and maybe ISIS might kill Helen Mirren by mistake.

[zebo]

Am I the only one who detests these new notes? I don't have a purse with a wallet section for notes, they just fold into the coin section but these new things don't fold and keep on popping up.