# New £10 note design unveiled - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/07/19/new-10-note-design-unveiled/ - Published: 2017-07-19T07:34:34+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **The Bank of England unveiled the new polymer £10 note featuring Jane Austen yesterday( 18 July), on the 200^(th) anniversary of the author’s death.** The new £10 note follows the launch of the new £5 note last year, which raised millions for charity through the [#firstfiver campaign](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/09/27/firstfiver-charities-responded-simple-fundraising-idea/), created by John Thompson. According to [CAF estimates last November](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/11/14/firstfiver-campaign-may-raised-12-5m-says-caf-research/),**# firstfiver** raised up to £12.5m in its first few months of use through people donating the first new £5 note they received to charity. [⌊New £10 Note⌉](https://www.flickr.com/photos/bankofengland/35980634095/in/album-72157686282722226) ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) The new £10 design was revealed on 18 July at Winchester Cathedral, where the author is buried, and includes a portrait of Austen as well as a quote from Pride & Prejudice’s Miss Bingley: “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!”: a choice which sparked a number of comments following the announcement as she is a character known to have no interest in reading. [⌊The New £10 Note Unveil Event⌉](https://www.flickr.com/photos/bankofengland/36061054175/in/dateposted) Smaller than the existing £10 note at 132mm x 69mm, it will be issued on 14 September 2017, followed by a new £20 note featuring painter JMW Turner in 2020, and is the first Bank of England banknote with a tactile feature to help blind and partially sighted users. This new feature is a series of raised dots in the top left-hand corner and has been developed in conjunction with the [RNIB](http://www.rnib.org.uk/). > We've worked with [@RNIB](https://twitter.com/RNIB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on making > the [#NewTenPoundNote](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewTenPoundNote?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > accessible for people who are blind and partially sighted. [https://t.co/VMGsues6pP](https://t.co/VMGsues6pP) > [pic.twitter.com/OYYUy5kYqK](https://t.co/OYYUy5kYqK) > — Bank of England (@bankofengland) [July 19, 2017](https://twitter.com/bankofengland/status/887576515486953472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)  According to The Bank of England, the £10 note contains sophisticated security features that will make it very difficult to counterfeit. These include a quill at the side of the window which changes from purple to orange, a hologram which contains the word ‘Ten’ and changes to ‘Pounds’ when the note is tilted, and a hologram of the coronation crown which appears 3D and multi-coloured when the note is tilted. It is expected to last at least 2.5 times longer than the current paper £10 notes– around five years in total – and stay in better condition during day to day use. The current Charles Darwin £10 note will be withdrawn in Spring 2018, with a date announced at least three months in advance. More information on the new note is available on [The New Ten website](http://www.thenewten.co.uk/). ## Watch: £5 Jane Austen note worth £50k donated to charity * **[Jane Austen to appear on £10 note](https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/07/25/jane-austen-appear-10-note/)( 25 July 2013)** * **[Darwin £10 note enters extinction on 1 March](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/02/12/darwin-10-note-enters-extinction-1-march/)( 12 February 2018)** * **[£5 Jane Austen note worth £50,000 donated to Children in Need](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/20/5-jane-austen-note-worth-50000-donated-children-need/)( 20 February 2017)** ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)