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mo4ch:>New polymer £20 featuring painter Turner enters circulation

New polymer £20 featuring painter Turner enters circulationNew polymer £20 featuring painter Turner enters circulationBy Simon ReadPersonal finance reporter 20 February 2020 Image copyrightBank of EnglandYou'll soon no longer find Adam Smith in your wallet or purse. The economist has been replaced as the face of the £20 note by artist JMW Turner.The Bank of England said the new polymer £20 - which enters circulation on Thursday - is its most secure ever banknote.It includes two see-through windows and a two colour foil to help beat forgers.The Bank reckons half of all ATMs across the UK to be dispensing the new notes in just two weeks' time.The new £20 is the third plastic banknote to be issued in the UK after the fiver featuring Winston Churchill - launched in 2016 - and the tenner featuring Jane Austen, which was first issued in 2017. It replaces the paper one featuring Adam Smith which has been in circulation since 2007.But you'll still be able to use the old notes for man…