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Who do you want to see on the next £50 note?

The Bank of England are launching a campaign today to choose the next person to feature on the £50 note.

What's more, they're asking the public to nominate someone to appear on the front of the note!

But the twist is - they want a figure who is famous for their scientific work.

At the moment the £50 note features Matthew Boulton and James Watt - leading figures of a period called the industrial revolution.

That was a couple of hundred years ago... so the Bank of England think it might be time for a change.

Which scientist do you think should be on the £50 note?

Let us know in the comments!

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The Bank of England always have famous UK figures featured on their bank notes.

Currently they have former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, novelist Jane Austen and they are introducing a new £20 note with a portrait of artist J. M. W. Turner on it in 2020.

Who would you like to see on the new £50 note? Which historical figure do you think has made a big contribution to UK life?

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We asked these children who they would like to see on the £50 note

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21 comments

  • Ada Lovelace as no inspirational women have been on £50 note. like if you agree!
    for quiz I got 2/5 ;(

  • Steven Hawking as he has changed the world with his discoveries!

    Lilac

  • I think it should be Steven Hawkins beacause he is a British scientist and has recently died

  • 5/5
    Money Bags
    Hey - are you Mr Monopoly or something? How did you get all those questions right?!
    Well done anyway, we`ll let you get back to counting that wads of bank notes...

    -Chloe

    [Personal details removed by Moderator]

  • Maybe It should be Marie Curie, as she is pretty famous for her investigating of science.
    Or Charlotte Bronte.

  • Your score: 3 / 5
    Savvy Saver

    You certainly know your note-able figures!

  • Marie Curie or Florence Nightingale.

  • Marie curie, Albert Einstein

  • Florence Nightingale

  • Isaac Newton, Steven Hawkins or Marie Curie maybe

  • Issac Newton Stephen Hawking

  • I think it should be Isaac Newton because he was the one who first thought about gravity and whose ideas were further developed (act contradicted but that`s not the point) or a woman......Rosalind Franklin the person famous for DNA and virus structures.

  • Stephen Hawking

  • Nickola Tesla because he found electricity

  • Nickola Tesla

  • Albert Einstein!

    Like if you agree!

    BE99
    🌀

  • Alexander Fleming, Stephen Hawking or Rosalind Franklin

  • Oh sorry I didn’t realise it said scientist how about Isaac newton?

  • Sir Alexander Fleming!

  • Marie Curie

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