THE new £50 note featuring World War II code-breaker Alan Turing has finally been given a release date – and it’s sooner then you think. The highly anticipated bank note will be release…
Despite his monumental help with the national effort in WWII, he was charged over homosexual activity in 1952.
The new note will feature a photo of him taken in 1951 by Elliott & Fry, alongside a table of a mathematical formula.ALAN Turing was asked to join the Government Codes and Cypher School, a code-breaking organisation which is now known as GCHQ.in Buckinghamshire, which became the top secret home of Britain’s code breakers.
Mr Bailey said: "There's something of the character of a nation in its money, and were right to consider and celebrate the people on out banknotes....
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