Elgar £20 note withdrawn tomorrow

Adam Smith replaces £20 Elgar note which from tomorrow will no longer be legal tenderSir Edward Elgar would have good reason for feeling depressed: as of tomorrow the English composer will be replaced on the back of £20 notes by the Scottish economist Adam Smith.Elgar, the early 20th century music composer whose compositions include the Enigma Variations, the Dream of Gerontius and Land of Hope and Glory, has appeared on the £20 note for the past 11 years. But the notes have been gradually w...

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