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Auction: 20036 - Charity Auction of Bank of England Notes - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 136

Bank of England, Sarah John, polymer £20, ND (20 February 2020), serial number AA01 001794, purple and multicoloured, Queen Elizabeth II at right and in a transparent window at left with text £20 BANK OF ENGLAND. Margate lighthouse in gold and the Turner Contemporary in blue appear over the window, a second smaller window based on Tintern Abbey low right. Reverse purple, a self portrait of Turner and his painting of The Fighting Temeraire in field, a purple foil patch at upper right with letter T is based on the staircase at the Tate Britain
(EPM B416), this serial the year of Turner's famous painting 'The Chancel and Crossing of Tintern Abbey, looking towards the East window'

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Sold for
£270

Starting price
£180