J B Page Pictorial Wellington £5 B332, B334 and B336

J B Page £5 Pictorial B336 Queen Eliz/ Duke of Wellington EF

Bank of England £5 with The Duke of Wellington vignette. Litho printed with 'L' on back.

It was while J B Page was Chief Cashier at the Bank of England in the 1970s that the Pictorial £5 was introduced. The front of the note has a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in State Robes alongside a medallion of Britannia and a vignette of Winged Victory. The back has a portrait of the first Duke of Wellington and a vignette from the Peninsular War. There were several varieties of the Page Pictorial £5 and this issue we can offer Uncirculated examples of the second and third varieties which were printed on giant web presses (B334 presented here and 336) The fronts were printed intaglio and the backs offset litho, shown by the addition a small L on the back. If you are missing these varieties- now is the time to add to your collection in Crisp Uncirculated

Bank of England £5 with The Duke of Wellington vignette.

It was while J B Page was Chief Cashier at the Bank of England that the so called Wellington £5 note was introduced in 1971. A portrait of Elizabeth II is on the front while a portrait of the Duke of Wellington dominates the back alongside a vignette from the Peninsular War. The very first of these Wellington £5 notes were printed in sheets of 18 and have the catalogue reference B332. The very first of these sheet printed Wellington £5 notes had the prefix A-. We were delighted to recently purchase a small group of these first Wellington £5 notes, all with the prefix A. Crisp Uncirculated.