“This lack of knowledge could, in part, be explained by the rapid move towards a cashless society - exchanging bank notes is not quite so commonplace as it once was. Vix Leyton of cash back site Quidco, which carried out the study, said: “The research shows that Brits have an appetite for immortalising some more recent British Icons on our bank notes, and despite the worthiness of our current line up, it might be time for a refresh. Three quarters were unaware economist Adam Smith’s face is on the £20, with 14 percent thinking it was civil engineer George Stevenson, while 13 percent thought the Duke of Wellington featured and 4 percent thought the £10 note featured German composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. However just one in three were able to name philanthropist and social reformer Elizabeth Fry who is the face of the £5, with 28 percent of those polled thinking it was “The Lady with the Lamp” Florence Nightingale.Ī further 10 percent thought the face belonged to Queen Victoria, while 21 percent admitted that they had no idea who she was.Īlmost 35 percent failed to identify naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin, the founding father of evolutionary theory, who features on the £10 note.Įight percent thought Darwin was engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, while 5 percent thought he was German born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein. Researchers presented 2,000 adults with images of the £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes.
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