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    The document provides information about British banknotes featuring Queen Elizabeth II from 1955 to 1991. It notes the denomination amounts, security features like watermarks and printer details for each issue and year. The banknotes transitioned from picturing castles to featuring the Queen's portrait, known as Machins, and eventually decimalized in 1971.

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    The document provides information about British banknotes featuring Queen Elizabeth II from 1955 to 1991. It notes the denomination amounts, security features like watermarks and printer details for each issue and year. The banknotes transitioned from picturing castles to featuring the Queen's portrait, known as Machins, and eventually decimalized in 1971.

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    GB Machins To91

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    The document provides information about British banknotes featuring Queen Elizabeth II from 1955 to 1991. It notes the denomination amounts, security features like watermarks and printer details for each issue and year. The banknotes transitioned from picturing castles to featuring the Queen's portrait, known as Machins, and eventually decimalized in 1971.

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    Queen Elizabeth II

    1955 - 1958
    Castles - High Values
    Saint Edward’s Crown Watermark
    Printer: Waterlow & Sons Limited

    Printer: De La Rue & Company Limited


    Queen Elizabeth II

    1955 - 1958
    Castles - High Values
    Muliple Crowns Watermark
    Printer: De La Rue & Company Limited

    Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Company Limited


    Queen Elizabeth II

    1955 - 1958
    Castles - High Values - Variations
    Muliple Crowns Watermark Inverted
    Printer: De La Rue & Company Limited

    Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Company Limited


    Queen Elizabeth II

    1967 - 1968
    Castles - High Values
    No Watermark
    Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Company Limited

    No Watermarks from now on


    Queen Elizabeth II

    5 March 1969
    Machins - High Values
    Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Company Limited

    1970 - 1972
    Machins - High Values
    Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Company Limited
    Queen Elizabeth II

    Decimal
    Currency

    Machins
    Queen Elizabeth II

    1971

    ½ 1 1½

    Two Two Two


    Bands Bands Bands

    2 2½ 2½ 3

    Two Centre Side Two


    Bands Band Band Bands

    3½ 4 5 6

    Two Two Two Two


    Bands Bands Bands Bands

    7½ 9 10

    Two Two Two


    Bands Bands Bands
    Queen Elizabeth II

    1972

    ½ 2½

    Left Right
    Band Band

    1973

    3 3½ 4½ 5½ 8

    Centre Two Two Two Centre


    Band Bands Bands Bands Band

    1974

    3½ 6½

    Centre Two
    Band Bands
    Queen Elizabeth II

    1975

    2½ 5½

    Two Centre
    Bands Band

    6½ 7 8½

    Centre Two Two


    Band Bands Bands

    1976

    8½ 9 9½ 10
    Yellowish T1
    Green

    Two Two Two Two


    Bands Bands Bands Bands

    10½ 11 20

    Two Two Two


    Bands Bands Bands
    Queen Elizabeth II

    1977 - 1987

    £1 £1.30 £1.33

    £1.41 £1.50 £1.60

    £2 £5
    Queen Elizabeth II

    1977

    ½ 1 6½ 6½

    Centre Centre Right Left


    Band Band Band Band

    7 7 7

    Left Centre Right


    Band Band Band

    50

    Two
    Bands

    1978

    10½

    Two
    Bands
    Queen Elizabeth II

    1979

    1 2

    All Over All Over


    Phosphor Phosphor

    8 8 10
    T1

    Left Right All Over


    Band Band Phosphor

    1980

    10 10 10
    T1 T1 T1

    Left Centre Right


    Band Band Band

    12 50

    Two Ordinary
    Bands Paper
    Queen Elizabeth II

    1981

    2½ 4 14

    Two Two Two


    Bands Bands Bands

    11½ 11½ 11½

    Left Centre Right


    Band Band Band

    1982

    12½ 12½ 12½

    Left Centre Right


    Band Band Band

    3 15½

    Two Two
    Bands Bands
    Queen Elizabeth II

    1983

    3½ 16

    Centre Two
    Band Bands

    1984

    4 10 17
    T2

    Centre Two Two


    Band Bands Bands

    13 13 13

    Left Centre Right


    Band Band Band
    Queen Elizabeth II

    1985

    4 4 12 34

    Left Right Centre Two


    Band Band Band Bands

    1986

    1 5 12 12

    Side Centre Left Right


    Band Band Band Band

    18 31

    Two Two
    Bands Bands
    Queen Elizabeth II

    1987

    1 26
    T1

    Right Two
    Band Bands

    1988

    14 14 19 75

    Centre Side Two Ordinary


    Band Band Bands Paper

    1989

    15 15 20

    Left Centre Two


    Band Band Bands
    Queen Elizabeth II

    18 October 1988
    Castles - High Values
    Designed from Photographs by Prince Andrew
    Printer: Harrison & Sons Limited
    Queen Elizabeth II

    1990

    15 22 50

    Right Two Two


    Band Bands Bands

    17 17 17

    Left Centre Right


    Band Band Band

    1991

    18

    Centre
    Band

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