Scottish inventor James Watt and his business partner Matthew Boulton feature on the new £50 note issued today (November 2, 2011) by the Bank of England.
This is the first time that two portraits have appeared together on the reverse of a Bank of England banknote.
“Boulton and Watt’s steam engines and their many other innovations were essential factors in the nation’s industrial revolution,” said Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King.
Read more about the new note on the BBC website.
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