To date, 160 of an estimated 3,000 letters have been found and preserved. Most were destroyed by Cassandra before her death ...

It is similar to the £5 note in that it is made from polymer plastic and is waterproof. The new note lasts 2.5 times longer than the old paper note. It also has a see-through window of Her ...

just like the new £5 notes, there are some very valuable versions of the Jane Austen note going into circulation – and, if you stumble across one, it could make you thousands of pounds.

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It’s finally happened: Jane Austen has ... the design for the new note (which, like the new £5 note, has been crafted from plastic) features an image of Austen drawn by her sister Cassandra.

four extremely rare £5 notes with a tiny portrait of Jane Austen were released into circulation by Graham Short. "The portrait can be found on the clear window of the note next to Big Ben ...

They've been made into countless film and TV adaptations and inspired blockbuster films.Her face stares out from the 10-pound note. She's Jane Austen, born in 1775, in Steventon, a village in ...