The Bank of England, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Section 1(5) of the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1954, hereby calls in on 30 September 2022, for payment of the face value thereof, all the notes of the Bank of England of the denomination of £20 which formed part of the series first in issue at the Bank on 13 March 2007, which bore an image of Adam Smith on the reverse and of the denomination of £50 which formed part of the series first in issue at the Bank on 2 November 2011, which bore an image of Matthew Boulton and James Watt on the reverse. By virtue of the said Section 1(5) the notes hereby called in will cease to be legal tender after 30 September 2022.

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Sarah John, Chief Cashier