Florence Nightingale Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Banknotes === Florence Nightingale's image appeared on the reverse of [[banknotes of the pound sterling#Historical figures|Β£10 Series D banknotes]] issued by the [[Bank of England note issues|Bank of England]] from 1975 until 1994. As well as a standing portrait, she was depicted on the notes in a field hospital, holding her lamp.<ref name="bankofengland">{{cite web |url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/denom_guide/index.htm |title=Withdrawn banknotes reference guide |publisher=Bank of England |access-date=17 October 2008 |archive-date=10 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610131654/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/denom_guide/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Nightingale's note was in circulation alongside the images of [[Isaac Newton]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[Michael Faraday]], [[Sir Christopher Wren]], the [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]] and [[George Stephenson]], and prior to 2002, other than the female monarchs, she was the only woman whose image had ever adorned British paper currency.<ref name="BBC 2017"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page