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| Issuer | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 2018-2024 |
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| Size | 175 × 92 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | £20 2024 KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN Twenty Pounds PRIVATE ESSAY NOTE | NOT LEGAL TENDER Death on the Nile (1937) £20 AGATHA CHRISTIE (1890-1976) |
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| Reverse lettering | £20 Kingdom of Great Britain David SUCHET as Hercule POIROT Murder on the Orient Express (1934) TWENTY POUNDS £20 © FRANCK MEDINA 2018 |
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The Christie £20 was announced by the Bank of England in 2017 but never actually entered circulation — it was superseded before issue by the polymer £20 featuring J.M.W. Turner, which launched in February 2020. The paper series it was nominally part of had already been flagged for withdrawal, and the Christie design was quietly shelved. What exists are trial or promotional printings, not circulating banknotes in any standard sense.
Franck Medina is a French banknote designer whose work appears across multiple issuing authorities, though his involvement here never progressed to a released series.