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If you find that your money is already designed to celebrate science, you are probably in the UK. We've had loads of scientists and engineers on banknotes, inc

If you find that your money is already designed to celebrate science, you are probably in the UK. We've had loads of scientists and engineers on banknotes, including Charles Darwin, Issac Newton, Matthew Boulton, James Watt, Michael Faraday, Alexander Graham Bell, Adam Smith, George Stephenson, Florence Nightingale and Christopher Wren. Also the coins regularly have geeky stuff on them. Like the current £2 coin which features gears and circuitry with Newtons 'shoulders of giants' comment written around the edge. - https://www.thelondoncoincompany.com/coinimages/1329309475-2011_Shoulders_of_Giants_BU_Two_Pound_Coin_R.jpg https://www.thelondoncoincompany.com/coinimages/1329309475-2... --- edit - This Northern Irish £5 featuring the space shuttle is awesome and is probably the coolest Stirling note ever. It is also in portrait like the designs suggested in the article and could well be the inspiration for them. http://www.banknotes.com/IEN203.JPG http://www.banknotes.com/IEN203.JPG

blibble 12y ago
the new £50 note is pretty geeky: http://www.britishnotes.co.uk/news_and_info/news/aa01_salmon_50__.jpg http://www.britishnotes.co.uk/news_and_info/news/aa01_salmon... "I sell here, Sir, what the world desires to have: POWER"
midhir 12y ago
That was an awesome fiver! It was also made of plastic. I remember it well. It was recalled after the Northern Bank robbery and discontinued. The biggest bank robbery in UK and Irish history IIRC. Crazy times. The bank is now owned by Danske, so we use Danish fivers now :p Interestingly Belfast just agreed to name a street after John Bell. It's significant because there's a rule here about not naming streets after people. They got around it for Bell by naming it Bell's Theorem Crescent. Pretty sure Lord Kelvin made it onto a Scottish note too. Me, I'm all about the Punt with the stag on it.[1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_pound_%28Irish_coin%29#mediaviewer/File:Irish_pound_(reverse).png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_pound_%28Irish_coin%29#medi...
- lotsofmangos 12y ago
  Is doubly cool cos the stag is surfing.

blibble 12y ago

the new £50 note is pretty geeky: http://www.britishnotes.co.uk/news_and_info/news/aa01_salmon_50__.jpg http://www.britishnotes.co.uk/news_and_info/news/aa01_salmon... "I sell here, Sir, what the world desires to have: POWER"

midhir 12y ago

That was an awesome fiver! It was also made of plastic. I remember it well. It was recalled after the Northern Bank robbery and discontinued. The biggest bank robbery in UK and Irish history IIRC. Crazy times. The bank is now owned by Danske, so we use Danish fivers now :p Interestingly Belfast just agreed to name a street after John Bell. It's significant because there's a rule here about not naming streets after people. They got around it for Bell by naming it Bell's Theorem Crescent. Pretty sure Lord Kelvin made it onto a Scottish note too. Me, I'm all about the Punt with the stag on it.[1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_pound_%28Irish_coin%29#mediaviewer/File:Irish_pound_(reverse).png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_pound_%28Irish_coin%29#medi...

lotsofmangos 12y ago
Is doubly cool cos the stag is surfing.