When the new £10 note is issued on 14 September 2017 the public will be able to feel the the features which will help people who are visually impaired.
Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austin the note, which is printed on polymer, is the first BANK OF ENGLAND banknote with a tactile feature to help blind and partially sighted users.
As it is made of polymer, the new £10 note is cleaner, safer and stronger. It joins the CHURCHILL £5 in the first family of polymer BANK OF ENGLAND banknotes, and will be joined in 2020, by a £20 note featuring J. M. W. Turner.
The new tactile feature on this £10 note is a series of raised dots in the top-left corner and has been developed in conjunction with the RNIB. This is in addition to the elements already incorporated in BANK OF ENGLAND banknotes for vision impaired people: the tiered sizing, bold numerals, raised print and differing colour palettes.
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