Instead, the £20 note was the first Series D note to enter circulation in 1970, with William Shakespeare on the reverse. The Elgar £20 banknote, first issued in June 1999, has gradually been replaced by the Adam Smith note since March 2007. [48] The Series D £1 note, featuring Sir Isaac Newton , was discontinued in 1984, having been replaced by a pound coin the year before, and was officially withdrawn from circulation in 1988. cannot be exchanged for goods. Get paid fast for your unused currency from Cyprus. The new £20 note will feature JMW Turner Credit: AFP. The upgraded £20 is the third plastic banknote to be issued in the UK. Elgar £20 note no longer legal tender Have a look in your wallet: any £20 notes with the image of Edward Elgar on them will not be legal tender after June 30 this year. Convert your leftover Cypriot Pound banknotes to cash using our hassle-free online exchange service. Stream the episode below to hear more from ‘behind-the-scenes’ of the new £20 note and how millions of … If any are produced with slight flaws, they have to be sent straight for recycling. Cypriot Pound bank notes were issued by the Nicosia-based Central Bank of Cyprus. The latest £20 note has been described as "the most secure Bank of England banknote yet", with two 'windows' and a two-colour foil to make it tough to counterfeit. It's the third plastic banknote to be issued, following the Winston Churchill £5 note and the Jane Austen £10 note. Britain's old-style 20 pound bank notes featuring composer Edward Elgar will cease to be legal tender on June 30, the Bank of England said Monday. The reason: production waste. The artist was an English landscape painter and is world-renowned for his oil paintings of the English countryside and seaside. Cypriot Pound banknotes Exchange yours now. Every £20 note has to be exactly the same to make it easier to spot a fraud. The “old” £20 note is not legal tender now; i.e. A retailer has the right to refuse it, and should direct you to a bank for it to be exchanged. They became obsolete in 2008 when they were replaced by the Euro.