It’s been in the air for a few weeks now, but yesterday the Bank of England confirmed it: Beginning in 2017 it will issue 10-pound notes featuring the image of Jane Austen. This is—as almost everybody ...

LONDON (AP) — A new plastic 10-pound note featuring Jane Austen, one of Britain's most renowned authors, has gone into circulation. Apart from the Queen, whose portrait is on all U.K. currency, Austen ...

What does your country's money look like if you send it for a spin through the cotton cycle? Here (on the right of the picture) is the U.K. pound. Not a pretty sight. That's a current ten pound note ...