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Jane Austen was the master of weaving a subtle undercurrent of wit and satire gently through her novels.
But it appears that subtlety may have been lost on the Governor of the Bank of England, who has been accused of failing to understand the true meaning of a quote used on the front of the new ?10 note.
Mark Carney was forced to defend the use of a line from Miss Bingley, a character in the
Austen novel Pride and Prejudice, who said: "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"
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Amanda Price meets Charlotte Lucas and Caroline Bingley in an ITV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice
Credit: ITV Plc/Mammoth Screen
Asked why this quote was chosen for the note, which was
unveiled on Tuesday, Mr Carney, replied: "It's two things; it captures much of her spirit, that is the quote,
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The Bank of England revealed the design of the new plastic tenner on the 200th anniversary of the author's death yesterday at Winchester Cathedral,
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The new note, which will be issued on September 14,
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It constitutes a series of raised dots in the top left-hand corner of the banknote, developed with the help of the Royal National Institute of Blind People.
Braille dots on the new ?10 note have no specific meaning and exist purely to help blind tell notes apart,
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The new ?10 note
Credit: Heathcliff O'Malley
The number of people in the UK with sight loss is set to increase dramatically in the future due to the ageing population.
It is predicted that by 2020 the number of people with sight loss will rise to over 2,250,000. By 2050, the number of people with sight loss in the UK will double to nearly four million.Paper ?10 featuring Charles Darwin will eventually be withdrawn from circulation in Spring 2018, when they will cease to be legal tender.
Like the ?5 note featuring Sir Winston Churchill, which is already in circulation, the new ?10 banknote is made from polymer which is more durable than paper.
However the transition to polymer sparked controversy after the Bank confirmed that an "extremely small amount" of tallow - or animal fat - was used to make the notes.
In February the Bank decided to print the new ?10 notes using the same polymer material as it had already printed 275 million of them, at a cost of ?24 million.
Victoria Cleland, the Bank's chief cashier, said: "The new ?10 note marks the next exciting step in our introduction of cleaner, safer, stronger polymer banknotes.
"I am delighted that the Jane Austen ?10 note incorporates an innovative tactile feature, which I hope will greatly benefit blind and partially sighted users."
