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英镑纸币将迎“新面孔”,丘吉尔等历史人物将被取代
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英镑纸币将迎“新面孔”,丘吉尔等历史人物将被取代

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英国央行英格兰银行宣布,大西洋海鹦、仓鸮、黄尾熊蜂和欧洲刺猬将出现在未来重新设计的英镑纸币上,取代丘吉尔、奥斯汀等历史人物肖像,共有478531人参与投票,黄尾熊蜂得票最高。

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现行英镑纸币上印有丘吉尔、奥斯汀、特纳和图灵等历史人物肖像,此次改革为英镑纸币引入自然主题设计。

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中新网10月9日电 据英国广播公司(BBC)报道,英镑纸币将迎来自然主题的全新设计,英国央行英格兰银行公布了将出现在英镑纸币上的四种动物图案。

图片来源:英格兰银行网站

报道称,大西洋海鹦、仓鸮、黄尾熊蜂和欧洲刺猬将在未来几年出现在重新设计的英镑钞票上,不过目前还没有确定哪种动物会印在具体哪一面额的钞票上。

英格兰银行表示,仓鸮、黄尾熊蜂和欧洲刺猬分别在各自的类别中获得了公众投票的最高票,而大西洋海鹦则因能够展现海洋生物和英国海岸线的特色,并为新版纸币增添多样性而入选。

英国央行首席出纳员维多利亚·克莱兰表示:“我们选择了四种独特而鼓舞人心的动物,它们不仅展现了英国丰富的野生动物种类,而且还将提高我们钞票的安全性。”

报道称,共有478531人参与投票,投出了超过250万张选票,投票者涵盖了从野生动物爱好者到小学生等各个群体。

黄尾熊蜂以360399票的绝对优势胜出,比仓鸮多出近90000票。在哺乳动物类别中,欧洲刺猬最受欢迎。

这四种动物将分别作为5英镑、10英镑、20英镑或50英镑纸币的主图案,纸币设计中还将融入其他自然元素,可能包括其他动物。英国君主的肖像仍将出现在纸币的另一面。

英镑资料图。图片来源/视觉中国

这些野生动物将取代英镑纸币上的历史知名人物。现行英镑纸币中,5英镑印有英国前首相丘吉尔的肖像,10英镑印有作家简·奥斯汀肖像,20英镑印有英国画家特纳肖像,50英镑则印有数学家艾伦·图灵肖像。

报道称,英国改革党领袖奈法拉奇和自由民主党领袖埃德·戴维均对丘吉尔肖像将被撤下纸币感到不满,保守党领袖凯米·巴德诺克称此举是“一件愚蠢的事情”。丘吉尔的孙女则表示,她对丘吉尔头像被取代感到高兴。

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  • 新版英镑纸币将在未来几年陆续发行

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