<P> There are no Welsh banknotes in circulation; Bank of England notes are used throughout Wales . The last Welsh banknotes were withdrawn in 1908 upon the closure of the last Welsh bank, the North and South Wales Bank . An attempt was made in 1969 by a Welsh banker to revive Welsh banknotes, but the venture was short - lived and the notes did not enter general circulation, surviving today only as a collectors' curiosity . </P> <P> All Bank of England notes issued since Series C in 1960 depict Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse side, in full view facing left; her image also appears as a hidden watermark, facing right; recent issues have the anti-photocopier security EURion constellation around . </P> <Table> Bank of England notes since series D <Tr> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Value </Th> <Th> Size (mm) </Th> <Th> Reverse portrait </Th> <Th> Issued </Th> <Th> Withdrawn </Th> <Th> Time in circulation </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> Series D </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (1) </Td> <Td> 10 / - </Td> <Td> 121 × 62 </Td> <Td> Sir Walter Raleigh by Unknown </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> Never issued </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 50p </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (2) </Td> <Td> £ 1 </Td> <Td> 135 × 67 </Td> <Td> Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller </Td> <Td> 9 February 1978 </Td> <Td> 11 March 1988 </Td> <Td> 10 years, 1 month and 2 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (3) </Td> <Td> £ 5 </Td> <Td> 145 × 78 </Td> <Td> Duke of Wellington by Sir Thomas Lawrence </Td> <Td> 11 November 1971 </Td> <Td> 29 November 1991 </Td> <Td> 20 years, 2 weeks and 4 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (4) </Td> <Td> £ 10 </Td> <Td> 151 × 85 </Td> <Td> Florence Nightingale by Unknown </Td> <Td> 20 February 1975 </Td> <Td> 20 May 1994 </Td> <Td> 19 years and 3 months </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (5) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 160 × 90 </Td> <Td> William Shakespeare by William Kent & Peter Scheemakers </Td> <Td> 9 July 1970 </Td> <Td> 19 March 1993 </Td> <Td> 22 years, 8 months, 1 week and 3 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (6) </Td> <Td> £ 50 </Td> <Td> 169 × 95 </Td> <Td> Sir Christopher Wren by Sir Godfrey Kneller </Td> <Td> 20 March 1981 </Td> <Td> 20 September 1996 </Td> <Td> 16 years and 6 months </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> Series E </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (7) </Td> <Td> £ 5 </Td> <Td> 135 × 70 </Td> <Td> George Stephenson by Charles Turner </Td> <Td> 7 June 1990 </Td> <Td> 21 November 2003 </Td> <Td> 13 years, 5 months, 1 week and 6 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (8) </Td> <Td> £ 10 </Td> <Td> 142 × 75 </Td> <Td> Charles Dickens by John Watkins </Td> <Td> 29 April 1992 </Td> <Td> 31 July 2003 </Td> <Td> 11 years, 3 months and 2 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (9) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 149 × 80 </Td> <Td> Michael Faraday by Henry Dixon </Td> <Td> 5 June 1991 </Td> <Td> 28 February 2001 </Td> <Td> 9 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 2 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (10) </Td> <Td> £ 50 </Td> <Td> 156 × 85 </Td> <Td> Sir John Houblon by Robert Grave </Td> <Td> 20 April 1994 </Td> <Td> 30 April 2014 </Td> <Td> 20 years, 1 week and 3 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> Series E (Revision) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (11) </Td> <Td> £ 5 </Td> <Td> 135 × 70 </Td> <Td> Elizabeth Fry by Charles Robert Leslie </Td> <Td> 21 May 2002 </Td> <Td> 5 May 2017 </Td> <Td> 14 years, 11 months and 2 weeks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (12) </Td> <Td> £ 10 </Td> <Td> 142 × 75 </Td> <Td> Charles Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron </Td> <Td> 7 November 2000 </Td> <Td> 1 March 2018 </Td> <Td> 17 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 1 day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (13) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 149 × 80 </Td> <Td> Sir Edward Elgar by Unknown </Td> <Td> 22 June 1999 </Td> <Td> 30 June 2010 </Td> <Td> 11 years, 1 week and 1 day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> Series F </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (14) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 149 × 80 </Td> <Td> Adam Smith by James Tassie </Td> <Td> 13 March 2007 </Td> <Td> In use </Td> <Td> 11 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 1 day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (15) </Td> <Td> £ 50 </Td> <Td> 156 × 85 </Td> <Td> Matthew Boulton & James Watt by William Ridley and Sir Thomas Lawrence </Td> <Td> 2 November 2011 </Td> <Td> In use </Td> <Td> 6 years, 6 months, 3 weeks and 5 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> Series G </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (16) </Td> <Td> £ 5 </Td> <Td> 125 × 65 </Td> <Td> Sir Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh </Td> <Td> 13 September 2016 </Td> <Td> In use </Td> <Td> 1 year, 8 months, 2 weeks and 1 day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (17) </Td> <Td> £ 10 </Td> <Td> 132 × 69 </Td> <Td> Jane Austen by James Andrews </Td> <Td> 14 September 2017 </Td> <Td> In use </Td> <Td> 8 months and 2 weeks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (18) </Td> <Td> £ 20 </Td> <Td> 139 × 73 </Td> <Td> J.M.W. Turner by J.M.W. Turner </Td> <Td> By 2020 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> To be released </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> High Value </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (19) </Td> <Td> £ 1,000,000 </Td> <Td> 210 × 148 </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> uncirculated </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (20) </Td> <Td> £ 100,000,000 </Td> <Td> 297 × 210 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Value </Th> <Th> Size (mm) </Th> <Th> Reverse portrait </Th> <Th> Issued </Th> <Th> Withdrawn </Th> <Th> Time in circulation </Th> </Tr>

When did the old £50 note go out of circulation