2017 Ten Pound Note featuring Jane Austen
From our colleagues Linda Dennery and Meg Levin of JASNA’s New York Region, an update on a story that’s been percolating for several weeks. Apparently, we’ll need to wait a few years before we all acquire Jane Austen 10-pound notes:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0725/Jane-Austen-will-be-the-face-of-the-10-pound-note-in-the-UK
Also from our New York Region, on the same topic:
Why that Jane Austen quotation on the new £10 note is a major blunder
Duplicated many million times on the new £10 banknote will be a line in praise of reading – it’s a shame it was uttered by an Austen character who had no genuine interest in reading at all: www.guardian.co.uk/business/shortcuts/2013/jul/25/jane-austen-quotation-10-note
Jane Austen Bank Note Earns Huzzahs and Nitpicking
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/jane-austen-bank-note-earns-huzzahs-and-nitpicking
Austen on Money